How to write in key! - Music theory for beginners (TIMESTAMPED)

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If you’ve ever been confused by what it means to write in key, if you fear that your lack of music theory knowledge is stopping you from writing in key or making good music, then this video will help you.
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00:00 Contents of video
00:47 How to ask questions if you have them
01:26 What is a key?
02:19 Breakdown of C major
02:59 Root note and scale type
04:32 How to write in any key
05:33 Ableton MIDI trick
11:37 What key should you be using? (Major vs minor)
13:04 Summary
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@blhack123 5 лет назад

You're a natural teacher, man. Great video. One of the best I've seen on youtube.

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Thanks ever so much! Hope you found the video helpful 🙏🏼

@mikrotone5644 5 лет назад

Well said, a natural teacher indeed! Great content.

@YAYA-rf4im 3 года назад

So true

@tombarry9418 5 лет назад

Wow, in less than 15 minutes I learned so much compared to 1 hour videos that I haven't learned a thing! Thank you so much :)

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Much appreciated, thanks Thomas!

@seane.c7207 3 года назад

Same as me, just starting out and the videos on here are mind blowing (wrecking me head) This video top notch!! Nice one

@heyitsflowee 6 месяцев назад

4 years later and still one of the best tutorials out there - thank you so much!

@snakeboyharrison 11 месяцев назад

mate. ive used Ableton for years. thats genius.

@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole 6 месяцев назад

Something to also keep in mind is that our hearing is spectral. Beginning with the robust, fiery C as red. D is orange, happy, hungry (orange makes you hungry). E is Yellow, consciousness, the Light of Christ. F# is grass green, and very cool but also teetering and wobbly texture. Ab is cold blue (Stings famous stalker-song, "Every Breath You Take".) B is violet or purplish (Prince and the Revolution's "Purple Rain" is is Bb). B, a hot-pink or magenta merges or transitions back into a higher or lower C. It is also a very spiritual key because it is transition outside of the visible spectrum (the invisible infra-red, or ultra violet). Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" theme was written I the ghostly key of B natural. For those interested, more detailed explanations are on my own paige here on the uToob. Thanks to The Auto Journey for covering this very important subject of KEY! -_The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_

@celedoniosantamaria6529 2 года назад

The only video that’s actually helped me understand what writing in key means! Thanks heaps🙏🏽

@AntonioMaGonzalezJr Год назад

Thank you for this!

@Swim2TheMoon11 5 месяцев назад

5 years later and this just taught me a lot. Thanks!

@aj_hatter6706 3 года назад

This video is the first helpful one I've watched on using music theory! Thanks

@haiderirfani1461 2 года назад

BEST VIDEO EVER ON HOW TO WRITE MUSIC! Sorted out so much confusion!... Simple and accurate! Also liked!

@roland20002000 3 года назад

That fold trick is brilliant thanks for showing it

@jamescalvey5273 3 года назад

Fantastic video! Thank you so much!

@mikrotone5644 5 лет назад

I really needed this! Keep em coming John! Thank you :)

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Much appreciated! Do let me know if there’s anything else you’d like covered

@angeloperez530 3 года назад

Best video I've found appreciate it!!!

@stayconnected7074 4 года назад

Thanks for this excellent tutorial. Makes things so simple now.

@AkimboBanana 3 года назад

Brilliant video, thank you

@michael954 2 года назад

Love your vlogs

@man_of_lawlessness 2 года назад

Incredible tutorial thank you.

@mikenco 4 месяца назад

Brilliant!

@adrianpadilla199 2 года назад

The quality 🔥🔥

@MGh-zg7mc 3 года назад

Thank you very well explained 💗

@FabioNoche 3 года назад

I just had a brain blast watching this. 💎

@HostilePro 5 лет назад

Very helpful thanks 👍

@Taylorjstone 2 года назад

Great video! This was really helpful, well made, and easy to follow along. Keep it up :)

@saucegod8867 3 года назад

FINALLY SIMPLE EXPLANATION

@hanssacosta1990 5 лет назад

awesome!!!! thank u so much

@unlockyoursound 5 лет назад

Great video, John!

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

You beautiful man

@arsendubs 5 лет назад

Your videos are amazing and please make more tutorial like this especially sound designing tutorial love from india ♥️

@LisaPedace Год назад

So clear. Thank you!

@chideraokoro8147 Год назад

Your are welcome

@JahBreed 3 года назад

Thanks so much😭

@ronkontv Год назад

Thank you Sooo much

@swe380 5 лет назад

Nice! Thank you and greetings from Mexico!

@viscing 5 лет назад

Was so so helpful 👍🏻👍🏻

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Glad this helped :) Do let me know if you have any more questions!

@ktrak2171 5 лет назад

Good video TAJ

@seane.c7207 3 года назад

I enjoyed that

@princepagan 5 лет назад

great tips

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Thanks! Hope it was helpful

@rebeccca1833 5 лет назад

Thanks 👍

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

No worries!

@travisdtouchdown Год назад

Super helpful! Watched it a few times! Def understand what I need to learn next and I can just proceed with my song I've started. Switch a few notes and just make it F minor. Thanks a ton! Also: Any Cubase users know if we have that freaking Fold trick in our Daw? Be pumped to just to do that and be able to see the notes at all times right in the DAW.

@Hardstylinq 3 года назад

Damn, that fold stuff is great!

@deepsangha2139 4 года назад

This was brilliant! Explanation was too good. What about your bass lines in relation to your kick. Does your kick have to follow the root note of the bass line or chord in order to be correct? Does it always have to be the exact same key?

@edvinhagstrom5133 5 лет назад

First! Ur amazing!

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Thanks for being here!

@johnymst Год назад

Thank you. I've been struggling with this topic for years and finally got it! you're a fucking genius :D

@carolinedixon8491 3 года назад

I would like to be able to turn a backing kareoke track into a mp3 and download the track onto studio one and see the words and record my voice and send it in mp3 to the radio your videos are so good and clear and not too fast for a a beginner like me some of them other peoples videos are too fast.

@Astroboytoy 3 года назад

I didn't know it was that easy

@YAYA-rf4im 3 года назад

Hey man How about the E flat in the C minor scale Does the D sharp replace it automatically?

@againstthelawdj 2 года назад

Thank you, finally with your explanation I got closer to understanding. BTW the Facebook link doesn't work and I can't find your page if I search for it.

@kakoucrew 2 года назад

Thank you very much for the video. Any chance to download your key clips somewhere? Thank you

@djdippa1 2 года назад

👍🏻 great thanks I wonder if you can do the fold trick in Bitwig??? 🤔

@kidwithdafro7483 3 года назад

try explaining why the intervals in respective minor and major scales are the way they are.

@kn0btwister 2 года назад

Thanks for this great video man! A follow up to this video would be on how to write chord progressions…any chance this can happen? Thanks again man!

@TheAudioJourney 2 года назад

Hey! I actually have a Skillshare class on chord progressions coming soon! It'll be a follow-up to this music theory course, and you can get a month free trial of Skillshare to watch this 20 minute class using this link: skl.sh/3vluPCX

@kn0btwister 2 года назад

@@TheAudioJourney amazing! Thank you

@Skyward23Fpv 3 года назад

Hiii it seams I can't find your group on FB, is it still active? Thanks for the awesome good content, subscribed!

@LIRON-wv3gh 3 года назад

lets say in chose a certain key for a composition can i jump off beetween octaves and still stay in key?

@dimdevries Год назад

how do i save this loop? and use it later to make a track?

@Frostwisperer 5 лет назад

Can you do a video that explains how to make drum and bass music please?

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Can certainly look in to that for you

@Frostwisperer 5 лет назад

thank you so much!@@TheAudioJourney

@Frostwisperer 5 лет назад

Does anyone know which software would be best fit for a begginer ableton live 9 intro or ableton live 9 standard?

@TheAudioJourney 5 лет назад

Whatever you can afford essentially. Standard will give you a few more tools to work with but you can definitely make good music in Live 9 Intro for sure.

@vishwajeetjamdar 3 года назад

One of the best music theory video I’ve gone through! But what if I’m in FL studio? What will be the alternative solution for that feature called FOLD!

@steediy3567 3 года назад

Look around youtube! I learned about this feature from a FL video ages ago and then went hunting for a way I. Abelton! If I could remember where I saw the FL video I'd link it but I can't. Just look around there is a way!

@JonCodec 3 года назад

You can highlight different scales in FL!

@chrisabakus 3 года назад

Can’t find the Facebook Group. Not even when I click the link.

@FortessofShred Месяц назад

I struggle with note choice. I understand target notes. What gets me are the notes in between, or how do I know what key a run is if it doesn't play or start on the root.

@Nebvla 4 месяца назад

So i am/was working on a song in g# maj, all the notes were/are inside the correct notes but for some reason it's apparently still out of key and now im really not sure wat to do... Im still not the best at hearing key and stuff like that tho...

@user89076 3 года назад

I have a question. I started a song, which, is coincidentally in F# minor. Or at least it seems like it is. However, I find that the G note sounds good when played after the F#, so I'm playing out of key. Is this allowed? Or am I actually playing in a different scale? How do I know the "rules" for playing accidentals?

@TheAudioJourney 3 года назад

Great question! You know who uses a TON of accidentals? ABBA. Take a look at their sheet music and you'd be amazed how many of the notes they use are 'out of key'. If it works for you then go for it!

@user89076 3 года назад

@@TheAudioJourney Thanks for the reply 😃 That makes me feel a bit better about using notes out of key. I always thought ABBA had a unique sound, I'll check out their sheet music.

@YVR_Manuel 2 года назад

Let's say were writing a bassline in the key of F# minor. Does the first note of the bassline have to be F# (root note) in order to stay in the key of F# minor? This has been my biggest question for too long.

@isaaca.9924 Год назад

No it can start from any note in the scale of F#

@P_BLZ 8 месяцев назад

Great tutorials you have, up there with the best if not the best ..... Each time I try to join your facebook group then it says i cannot join for some reason ??