Channel: Signals Music Studio

Category: Education

Tags: songwritingwriting riffswriting songssound like toolsong lessonwriting toolsound like daft punkwrite in minor keysuse the minor scalewriting songs in minorwriting music in minorwriting funkhow to use minor keysaeolian lessonwhat is aeolianaeolian modeminor scalelesson minor scalemusic lessonwriting rocknatural minoraeolian keyswriting minor musiwrite rock songswriting musicwhat is minor

Description: My pro theory + songwriting course: bit.ly/2J2Nctn Enroll in my Rhythm Training Course at ANY price! bit.ly/3wDacU4 Mp3s at my Patreon: patreon.com/signalsmusicstudio Thank you to Klos! klosguitars.com/pages/feature-page This is the sixth video in a series on how to write riffs using the modes of major. Being the sixth in the episode, this lesson focuses on the Aeolian mode, which is identical to the natural minor scale. There is an argument to be made that there is a difference between Aeolian tonality and Minor tonality, which I touch on at the end. The first style is a dancey funk song in the style of Daft Punk or Chromeo. In addition to basic music theory and songwriting advice, quite a bit of detail is mentioned on the audio production itself. Next, the riff is transformed into a Tool style crushing riff. Then lastly, a classic acoustic rock style intro that sounds all too recognizable. Some videos you should have seen to be able to follow this one- Minor Scale and Chords: youtu.be/j-j4g0ktPGw Seventh Chords: youtu.be/3JizNRwHYNY 3+3+3+3+4: youtu.be/QFVS7y_zGRw A few details I forgot to mention or want to clarify- -ANY interval can funk in proper context. It’s purely subjective- please don’t pretend I’m citing fact when I say the flat seventh is the funkiest. -The minor chords played in the background were inevitably going to become minor sevenths since I was writing funk. I don’t know how or why I neglected to mention this! -If Aeolian had a signature sound, it would be the minor fifth chord (v). I’m slightly disappointed I didn’t feature it, since it is a unique sound of Aeolian. It’s very sad, and still usable. I may just make a video on the v chord so it doesn’t get ignored, but it really should have made an appearance here. -I have met educated teachers who consider the fifth chord of a minor key to be major, even though it contains the leading tone which is out of the key signature. A lot of confusion about aeolian vs minor occurs because traditionally, the minor key is NOT thought of as a strict diatonic collection of only seven notes. Though clearly, if one were to build triads from the natural minor scale and not include the natural seventh, the fifth chord would be minor. There is only one more Riffing with Modes lesson left – Locrian. It’s going to be weird. Until then, thank my amazing patreon subscribers for making these lessons and videos possible! Joining there means monthly live Q+A lessons, exclusive videos, and lots of charts and mp3s. The following members deserve special thanks: Adam Granger Billyshes Bradley Bower Brandon Combs BuzzWasHere Christopher Swanson CrippleMonkey Daniel Danciu Darrin Goren Donal Botkin Don Dachenhausen III Don Watters Erik Lange Joe Buote John Arnold jon reddish Kip Ingram Linas Orentas Lord of the Chords Live on Indiegogo Now! Marc Bulandr Marek Pawlowski Markos Zouganelis Martin Michael Galli Morgan M. Nick White Patrick Ryan Philip Sharp Stumann Stephen Marz Tyler Sherkin Table of contents: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Writing a Funk Riff 08:52 Adding Vocals 10:20 Musical Pockets 12:55 DANCE / FUNK SONG 13:46 Writing Tool Riffs 18:29 TOOL SONG 19:30 Writing Acoustic Intros 24:28 EVERY ROCK SONG 26:24 Aeolian vs Minor