A particularly perfect music theory lesson happens to exist completely intact inside this classic breakbeat from funk/soul history.
Tag: theory for producers
Theory for Producers courses and Theory for Bedroom Producers topics
How Imagine Dragons Writes Such Memorable Melodies
Imagine Dragons’ “Demons” plays with our sense of memory about how the melody is supposed to play out each time. How does this work?
How Do You Make an Audience Feel Nostalgic with Music?
Writing music for a show or film? Check out this beginner’s lesson on creating a sense of nostalgia in your music to fit the narrative.
3 Atonal Techniques for Adventurous Songwriters
Inspired by Arnold Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, here are three ways to use atonal composition techniques in your pop music-making!
How Blood Orange Uses Chasms of Harmonic Ambiguity on “Negro Swan”
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Using Ableton Live to Mess with the Rhythm of “Clair de Lune”
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Billie Eilish’s “You Should See Me in a Crown” Is Microtonality Gone Pop
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Why Ariana Grande’s “no tears left to cry” Is So Uplifting, Even in a Minor Key
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How Rap Ushered the Piano into Its Next Developmental Phase
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On Voice Leading and Tresillo in Troye Sivan & Ariana Grande’s “Dance to This”
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