![]() Hack Music Theory is a pioneering DAW method for making great music that stands out, so you can move and grow your audience! Taught by multi-award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony, and his protégé wife Kate Harmony, from their studio in Vancouver BC, Canada. Learn how to write new sections for an existing section, how to transition between sections in different keys, how to structure and arrange, and much more! This course has been called "life-changing" many times, so join 700+ music makers now (from all genres), who are learning Ray's secret hack: Song Whispering. Go from a blank screen to a finished song, in this online video course. Lesson packs include step-by-step PDF guides to making music for different instruments and in different genres (electronic, metal, soundtrack, etc.), as well as multitrack MIDI files of the examples. You'll also learn how to write chord progressions, bass lines, riffs, counterpoint harmonies, and more!Īfter learning our essential hacks, it's time to put them to practical use and start writing some new songs. Learn the essential hacks for songwriting & producing, like our Melody Checklist (the ultimate list of do's and don'ts for writing great melodies). This is our best-selling PDF, which includes MIDI file examples. LEVEL 2 – SONGWRITING & PRODUCING PDF (click & scroll down) "12 Music Theory Hacks to Learn Scales & Chords" will give you a super solid music theory foundation in 30 minutes! Music Teachers & Producers in Vancouver BC, Canada Kate & Ray Harmony (AKA Revolution Harmony) Thanks for reading/watching/listening, and we’ll see you next week, when you’ll learn how to add a chord progression and bass line to your horror melody! It also contains hacks on how to write chord progressions, bass lines, and all the other essential songwriting and producing hacks, as well as MIDI file examples. If you want the ultimate list of dos and don’ts for writing great melodies, then use the Melody Checklist, which is in our Songwriting & Producing PDF (click & scroll down). Now, just like the American Horror Story melody emphasises that one semitone ascend from 5 to ♭6, it does exactly the opposite at the end of the melody, where 5 descends one semitone to the creepy ♭5. And unsurprisingly, the scary ♭5 turns up in every other horror movie soundtrack as well. The ♭5 is a non-diatonic note in the key of B minor, which means it’s not in the B minor scale. Now, if you’re thinking: “Whoa, that sounds out-of-key!”, then you’re right. ![]() To hear this in action, simply play a high F over a low B root note. The ♭5 injects the horror into a melody, especially when it’s played over the top of your root note (which can be played in the bass). So, the ♭6 is one semitone above the 5, and both X-Files and American Horror Story set up the ♭6 by playing the 5 before it, because the 5 sounds so normal that it makes the ♭6 even more mysterious. Now, unsurprisingly, the mysterious ♭6 also turns up in the X-Files theme song. ![]() On that note, the American Horror Story theme song is in the key of B minor (B C♯ D E F♯ G A), so we’ll use it too. To hear this in action, simply play a high G over a low B root note. The ♭6 injects mystery into a melody, especially when it’s played over the top of your root note (which can be played in the bass). Now, if you haven’t been watching, then you’re probably wondering: How can ‘80s music sound scary? Well, it’s all in the music theory! So, here are the 2 theory secrets that make the American Horror Story melody spooky: Just like Stranger Things, American Horror Story has taken us back to 1984, and their theme song perfectly reflects that with its lush synthesizers and big drums, all swimming in an ocean of reverb. If you’re watching the new season of American Horror Story, then you’ll have noticed that their creepy theme song has had an update, or rather a backdate. Halloween is coming! So in this lesson, you’ll learn the music theory secret behind American Horror Story’s theme tune, and how you can use it to make your own spooky melody. If you fill this in, you will be marked as a spammer. ![]()
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