WHY THIS IS THE MOST USED THEORY IN D&B MUSIC | Music Theory 

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As much as I’m learning what works, I’m also realizing through these tutorials why certain things didn’t work in the past.

For anyone who might be wondering why it’s called the 5th when it’s 7 semitones up: in most scales (such as major or minor) it’ll be the 5th note of the scale. As well as the consonance of the (approximate) 3:2 ratio, another reason why it’s commonly used in electronic music is that it pretty much always stays in key when transposed, unlike 3rds for example which would have to change between major and minor if you want to stay in key. With a 5th, you can tune a second osc to a fixed 5th (or sample it) and just play whatever notes you like.

Your style of explanation is so on point. You should do more music theory videos. You have a pedagogical spirit like few of those good teachers that I remember with a smile. Not even kidding! Thanks for this!

2:25 reminded me of a very cool phenomenon that demostrates that chords are just polyrythms. In the very same way that the 5th occilates 3 times for the fundamentals 2 times, If you create a one bar polyrythm (3/2) with any percussion, could even be noise, and you speed it up to a ridiculous bpm (in the thousands) The rhythm will turn into an interval: A fifth! Same thing works for other harmonic intervals like a fourth being 4/3 and a major third being 5/4

About fifths' - it's also called "power chord" in guitar theory. You just go grab any key and pick 5th note from the major (as I like to think) scale w/ a root note and this is it. Yall remember the famous PS1 startup sound? In bass there are root and 5th note - G - from C scale played and that's why it's sound so pleasing :)

You are an excellent teacher. I want to just as much take a class with you as I do want to rave with you.

An amazing pianist I know once told me 5ths are very pleasing to the human ear and this video really proved that. Especially when you lowered the 5th under the root note in the first synth, really felt that.

It’s amazing how good of a teacher and producer Stranjah is

These SIMPLE examples are so powerful. It's exactly how someone should teach sound design. You're on the right track. Also, root + fifth is how power chords are basically constructed in genres like punk and harder forms of rock. They leave a lot more space in the arrangement for busier pieces.

Killing it stranjah, bless you for all your time and knowledge

Thats was super duper helpful, thanks. As many mentioned in comments it would be very helpful to see more music theory videos from you. RU-vid bloated with general music theory videos and they rarely correlate with modern breakbeat, dnb, techno and house genres.

Thank you stranjah for once again, providing us with some super useful content 🙌

glad to be here again tuning in !

good video. the 5th is all over the place. its good practice to get used to the sound of the interval (or all intervals in general)

This is great! STRANJAH deserves much more recognition!

Really great tutorial thank you. - learned so much on this one.

Yes bro. Iv watched your videos for a while now and have learned so much doing it. Big ups bro.

This was so great to have had spelled out. Thanks again, Bro!

Big in the game bro, keep up the great work 👏

My skills and understanding are growing exponentially since finding your videos man. Thank you so much, honestly 🙏💙💙

Awesome video man, keep up the good work🙏🏻

You just provided me with a ton of insight and inspiration. Thank you.

This one was awesome. Simple, but needed. Seeing the Netsky example was great. Nice clean sound.

Wow man this is such an interesting video I love it. Big up Stranjah.👊

Okay.. so your videos have been the key to keeping me motivated on this new journey. And I’ve truly felt my confidence and knowledge grow with each one but this one here… wow. I feel like I leveled up x10 after this. Thank you.

Great vid Stranjah ✌️ Also Your “Diplomat” song is pure magic 🙃 One love Brother

Very interesting, everyday i learn , thank you Stranjah 🙏

Thanks a lot, Stranjah! This is a total gamechanger.

Great to see and hear musical theory applied in sound design! Thanks 🙏

Oh man, I suddenly remember a lot of stuff I learned in music school a long time ago. I really need to revise music theory, this is so good and helpful

I like this geezer, he makes music making seem easy. People will learn much from watching these well made and informative vids. He knows his genre well.

Great video as always buddy!

Really helpful. Tutorial. Thank you!!

So on point my friend! Content is pure fire!

Oh man, one of your best gift/vid (bro!) . Simple but , yeah. Mad.

Thanks for the knowledge bro!

Thank you! I want to be a music producer, so these videos insanely help me. I have learnt plenty of new things in like 2 days just by watching your videos. Thank you!

Great video man thanks

Nice description and tutorial

Thanks mate this was very helpful more music theory stuff would be great

Love this teacher 🙏🏽

The wide usage of the term "power chord" is so prevalent for damn good reason. In common practice its the most important interval next to the octave. It leaves out the often-undesirable harmonic complexity of a chord complete with triads and more rich options for a different context, while allowing has that "filling out" effect that essentially gives the chord's root more punch, more backbone... The variance between these options is used dynamically by bands from Blink 182 to Foo Fighters to balance between emotional richness and rawer power as the name suggests. This has been carried over to dance music perfectly, and is a very impactful concept that's good to see laid out so clearly. If I'd not come to dance music from a background in rock, this would've been just what i needed as the beginner. I still learned from the way you touched on more specific applications of the 5th. You really took this one concept from total beginner level in a way that's still entertaining enough for anyone else to watch through to get some different ideas for actually using it in the music. Keep up the awesome work man, i can't get over how great it is to see more instruction for the broken side of the beat 😎

Just back from vacation...and my Guru Stranjah is putting me right back at my desk making music..... 🙏

Great video man 🙏

Mind blown. Normally wouldn't understand theory buy you make it more understanding.

Great tututorial. explained well.

Thanks so much, this helped me!

That was a great episode, you are the master

Great video man - more on theory plz!

Some simple and catchy tutorial, great job... Somehow in any music that the power of the fifth is the basic and the most used chord progression in every track...

Really nice explained 🌻🚀

I can't thank you enough for your channel and your videos. I have no music education, never played an instrument, and so my music theory literacy is almost non-existent. I've picked up a few things here or there but never really understood the "why" behind things. this was so helpful!

amazing video thank you so much

Dropin some heavyweight tips as always. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Great video. Got my like and subscription.

You should cover how chords are fundamentally created, tetrachords, etc. I think when talking about 3rds or 5ths it's important that people get it's actually related to the key or scale. Also learning this kind of music theory opens up chords to experimentation, e.g. moving the 3rd down a half step is a minor chord! Keep spreading the word and doing what you do best. I'm always looking forward to your next video.

I paid thousands to go to college and university to study music technology because I wanted to do something with drum and bass ect.. These videos literally tell you everything you need to know for production and imo does a better job helping you understand how to create the music you want.

this tut is actually really good

Wicked tutorial. 🔥

Bro your videos are pure gold! Been a junglist for 20 years and tried producing it a few times but always kinda failed at making the tracks interesting. Probably gonna give it a shot again ;) But your tuts are good for producing any style of music in any daw

one of the best music tutorials I’ve seen

Cheers for the vid bro

great video thank you

Solid bro 👍

Nice one stranja! I don't use this enough, deffo am guna now tho!

Super helpful music theory lesson, thanks a ton ^_^

Another Quality vid as always Stranjah! A quick tip for anyone out there. A fifth is also 5 semitones DOWN much easier to remember than 7 semitones up 5th = 5 semitones down

thank you for this ✌🏻

Yeah very well presented, thanks..

BIG UPS my dude!

VERY informative

Brilliant!

This tutorial is amazing 👏 Thank you 🙏....is it possible you could make a sample pack of the beats in this tutorial great sounding drums ....would love all those drum hits . Thanks 🙏 Bless

Music to my ears

first i've heard about the 3:2 ratio, very cool

Been wondering how they got this sound forever. Thanks man.

Awesome dude honesty didn't know that after almost 20 years 😀

One sick producer 👊🏻

Thank you a thousand times.

Never been on this channel but i enjoyed it. Indica strain brought me here

great video

Master Stranjah 🙏🏾

A small bit of theory can go a long way 🔥

Amazing after less than 15 minutes and I'm already better at making music than I was before.

Amazing

Yes! Thats the sound of good dnb! I miss tunes that sound like this, now everything has so basic melodies

On point

could you maybe do a tutorial on "phaser/flanger basses" like in Pola & Bryson - Bad Habit

i really like your vids

Wonderfull

Bruhh mans insane!!!

"Going somewhere, but never arriving"...like 90% of my tunes, haha. Great vid!

Dope, so simple...Maya Jane Coles 4 eva 🤘Besides using this for bass leads, would you say its more of a trick to use for leads in general or do you find yourself making entire songs with chord progressions that leave out the third if that makes sense? Say a rhodes progression that only uses the root and the fifth or would that be too dull/boring you think?

Big TF Up!

Perfect 5th is also good for the kick drum if a track is busy with chords / melody...

I always thought having an eighth was the most essential aspect of making dnb lol

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Activating, and "octave-ating"!!!!!! Octavating. 8-D

thank ya, siiiiir