Music Theory for Music Producers and Beatmakers

Learn the basics of creating beats, BPM and time divisions.

Discover different ways to group beats to create different rhythms.

We put into practice what we have learned so far to create a basic urban rhythm.

We created a basic electronic music beat, using another view of the DAW.

We learn a technique to compose using double tempo.

We will learn other less common ways of dividing the beat to create more complex rhythms.

Learn a different and interesting way to create rhythms.

We will learn what amplitude and velocity are, and how we can use them to improve our rhythms and compositions.

We will learn what frequency is and how we can use it to improve our rhythms and compositions.

We will learn what timbre is and how we can use it to improve our rhythms and compositions.

We will discover what musical notes really are, their origin and the relationship they have with each other.

We will learn how the distance between notes is measured using semitones and tones.

We will learn what musical scales are exactly and an example of how to create them.

We will learn the most used scale, the major scale, and how it is built.

We will learn another of the most used scales, the minor scale, and how it is built.

Discover what degrees and intervals are, how they are named and their function.

We will learn how chords are made and how they are used.

We will learn what chord inversions are and how they can be used to achieve more interesting progressions.

We will learn how to name chords and a couple of additional chords to the basic triads.

We will learn what extended chords are and which ones are most used.

We continue with larger and more complex extended chords.

We will learn about modal scales or modes, how they are constructed and examples of their use.

We will review alternative scales that do not follow the rules seen before and that serve to achieve different styles.

We will answer the question of whether we can use notes outside the scale or multiple scales in the same composition.

Practical case creating chord progressions from basic chords.

Practical case creating chord progressions starting from a bass line.

Learn what an arpeggio is and the arpeggiator tools.

We will learn what swing is and how to use it to humanize our rhythms and compositions.

Learn how to create melodies using the call and response technique.

Real case of how to start a composition, choosing BPM, musical scale, chord progression, melody and instrument assignment.