Music theory, is it worth
to learn the language?
Is it worth your time to speak
more music theoretically?
(upbeat guitar music)
Hey, friends.
I'm Anders from The Music Note Revolution.
When I started high school,
I took my first music theory lesson
and, to be honest, I was wondering
what the heck that was going on.
They talked about dominant
tonic quarter notes and triads,
minor intervals and pentatonic scales,
the circle of fifths and to
read all those black notes
on a music sheet.
And the problem was that
I hadn't the fundamentals
in music theory.
I wasn't able to speak
the musical language.
And this that important.
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The beautiful thing about
the music theory toolbox
is that you never stop learning,
because every musician have
different inputs on songwriting,
but they speak the same language.
And that is the beauty of it.
You can find someone
that speaks our language,
and they can add something
to your songwriting
that you never thought about.
And you can add something
to their songwriting
that will develop them.
(upbeat electronic music)
(speaking in foreign language)
I said, "I love to write
new songs," in Swedish.
I did that, because it doesn't matter
if we have different native language.
We can still speak the
same musical language.
You can take your music
theory to what level you want.
Go as deep as you want to.
There is no limit to what you can learn
and how much time you put into it.
The only limitation is you.
♪ You always make me blush so hard ♪
Don't get overwhelmed with music theory.
You can start at what level you want.
If you are just learning,
the C major scale
is something to start with.
How to build triads of chords
that C major contains C, E, and G,
and, if you lower the
mediant E to an E-flat,
then you have an C minor.
To know that C, F, and
G is the major chords
in C major scale,
and that A minor, E minor, D minor
are the relevant keys in the key of C.
To start learning the eight
intervals in C major scale
will help you get progress
with your song writing.
To have as many tools in your toolbox
that will help you when you get stuck.
♪ My friends and I was
out like every other day ♪
♪ Checking the park ♪
♪ Where all the boys
are riding skateboards ♪
I will say it's important to
speak the language of music,
because it's so much easier
when you want to start write a song.
And you can speak to other
musicians in our language.
Then you can express yourself much easier,
and you can have an understanding
what to do in different situations.
My advice is to learn as much
you can about music theory,
because you will get benefits from it.
I am Anders from The
Music Note Revolution.
I love your feedback
in the comments below,
and let me know if there is
something you want me to cover.
Until next time, have a
great songwriting time.
♪ You always make me blush so hard ♪
♪ My parents always stay on guard ♪
