10 Chord Patterns for 10 Different Emotions
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DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
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Camera: Canon 80d
Computer: Mac Studio with M2 Ultra chip and 2 TB hardrive
Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
Interface: Scarlett Clarett 2 pre
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Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
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Kontakt
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Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
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Hey loving the EDM Bootcamp it's helping me to create sounds and particularly styles that I never believed I could do!
Big shout out to Alex Rome for this!
10 out of 10 for help with the creative ideas and ultra-catchy methods & the sound design!
It was the free RUclips videos that were so good that got me into the course
Thanks a lot Dan!
@@AlexRome I really loved #8 can I have the instrumental? Pls?
Yes I agree
Alex thanks man
@@AlexRome Tell them not to skip your ads for first 30 sec.
@@AlexRome How many octave higher exactly?
My man just nonchalantly creating mini bangers to demonstrate us chord progressions.
What a legend..
RIGHT
1. Basic chords 2. Move up thirds 3. Pedal & Tonic 4. Profit ✍
Pop music: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
@@ManuCel_ WRITE THAT SHIET DOWN!!!!
whats pedal and tonic
@@quanathan It's explained in the video
Wow, I thought the comment was funny until I read the replies, then my brain made that XP sound 🤣
1. 0:18 euphoric/uplifting
2. 1:25 serious/deep
3. 2:52 tense/suspenseful
4. 3:47 sad/sorrowful
5. 4:45: feel good/joyful
6. 6:13 feel good/sorrowful
7. 7:15 pump up/dark
8. 8:44 pump up/joyful
9. 9:57 relaxed/chill
10. 11:25 happy/cheerful
Thanks buddy
Thanks
Omg thank you so much
ur a good human
man just ruined bro’s view retention 💀
thanks so much
Noticing a trend. Take four notes from any scale but not the 2nd or 3rd. Choose a random order with the tonic at the end, make it a chord in the scale. Move the third up. Add a pedal tone of the tonic or thirds depending on vibe of chosen progression.
I'm actually amazed at how versatile the 6th and seventh are in pop and edm music. Amazing video.
It was confusing for me at first to see so many 7 chords being used until I realised that they were 7 chords in relation to minor keys. Chords built on the 7th degree of the major scale are typically diminished chords and are much less likely to show up in pop and edm.
Progression 1 (uplifting) / 5, 6, 7, 1
Progression 2 (serious) / 6, 7, 1, 7
Progression 3 (tense) / root chord
Progression 4 (sad) / 1, 7, 4, 6
Progression 5 (feel good) / 6, 3, 7, 1
Progression 6 (sad euphoric) / 6, 1, 7, 5
Progression 7 (pump) / 1, 6, 4
Progression 8 (happy pump) / 1, 3, 6
Progression 9 (chill) / 6,1,7,1
Progression 10 (happy) 4,5,1
Thx for this bro
You a real one
I love u bro
what do the numbers mean??
Chord Progression are specified with Roman Numerals I, II, III, IV and so on.@@sktru89
He got me cracking up!! Its like the tik tok where the guy is like “where do we put the semi circle, thats right sqaure hole” but hes like “how are ganna make it more emotional, thats right were gonna take the 3 note and raise it an octave.”
*Drake's favorite is A-minor*
Underrated comment 😅
What I learned from this video:
"We need to extract maximum emotion. Lets move these cords up an octive."
No sh*t, no unnecessary talking, just a master at work. You are awesome bro👏
Why can't more people realize this??
Biggest take away are pedal chords and a great explanation of tonics. I love how those just come up on the side as a quick reminder. World class content.
False, the biggest take away is to put the third up an octave
@@cmanthetank144 I should have said MY biggest take away. Both of these are good learnings. I definitely liked the moving of the 3rd. For me I was already doing that with inversions so Pedal chords were a bigger deal to me. Regardless of the takeaway Alex does a great job explaining many techniques.
@@JleStudios Lmfao i was just making a joke cause he said that like 50 fuking times your good
69 likes congrats
@@SKhan1056 wow I hadn't even noticed.. Thanks
Let’s all agree that this guy is straight from heaven. He is meant for this. Not even school can teach you this.
Umm...this is exactlly what you learn at school if you study music. It's relatively basic stuff.
I like doing the first progression, but making the last chord F#, C#, A, it gives it a nice tonal shift to a deeper mood. Also, major props to Alex, I've never seen someone so excited to teach us things and vibe to what he's doing at the same, I've learned so much from this guy! 💚
I got a fever … and the only thing that can cure it…. Is to put the 3rds up an octave .
You’ve got my skills going from Beethoven’s tone deaf cousin Linus to the big man himself. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Alex. Appreciated by many 🙏🏻
haha! no prob
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Beethoven is still deaf
@@Horizon_Sounds But not tone deaf. He knew in his head how his compositions sounded.
No @@MRVIDEOMASTER-yw1qw
I just love how excited he is, makes me pumped for chords ❤❤❤
Not gonna lie, that chill and relaxed with the soft piano sounded like a song that would be used to change the mood of a movie scene to somber really fast. Beautifully made! Love every one you have made in this video!
Your use of tools to make those vocals for the "feel good" chords sound so well together is amazing and inspiring.
I was wondering how he did that. Anyone know?
@@RS-kc8ge pitch corrector, reverb, autotune
@@CGJero pretty sure he did more than that but it's a good explaination
@@FranciscoGonzalez-qh5zd I'm sure he did. I'm not very good with effects to be honest, I'm kind of a new producer 😅
@@RS-kc8ge Your voice, auto-tune, reverb, distortion, surgical EQ, and compression. I tried this with bandlab, everything is for free, you don't need to buy expensive sht
ALSO, ALMOST FORGOT
I'M PRETTY SURE HE ALSO USED AN EFFECT PLUGIN CALLED "LITTLE ALTERBOY"
This guy is so under-appreciated. Every video is gold.
Yeah comedy gold
That is TEEEEEENSEEE!!! I love this guy, his content made me at LEAST 20% better :)
Been producing for about 6 month and I just found this channel. What a goldmine. Loving these videos Alex, keep it up!
As a person who composes music on a mobile device, these chord progressions, and your methods of alternating basic chords into advanced ones have helped me improved I would love to try these progressions and emotional chords one day.
What app
@@charlieappleby9236 probably FL mobile, that's what I use
@@charlieappleby9236FL Mobile. Same app I use.
I’ve been waiting for a solid, simple video like this for years. Thank you 🙏
That moving the 3rd is brilliant. Thanks😁👍🎹🎸
I've never produced music before but I've always been fascinated by it.
Hopefully someday I can learn how to be a great producer.
I'm not entirely sure I'll be composing EDM, but I have fallen in love with what you do with third notes! I've heard this chord-voicing in songs a billion times but couldn't decipher how they did that until watching this video. Thanks! Have a like!
As I understand it, spread triads - with one of the notes (not necessarily the actual third, because you can raise the middle note of any inversion, like 351 becomes 315) raised up an octave - was popularised by film soundtrack composers when they first used DAWs. In the early days of sequencers, programmers were advised to write patterns that "a real pianist would play". You'd keep the three or four notes of a chord all within the reach of the fingers of one hand. But the cinematic sound of spread triads eventually crossed over to EDM and pop, as modern producers aren't making "humanly possible" piano music. The technology (piano rolls in DAWs) encouraged experimentation and whole new chord voicings. For younger audiences (people born after 1995, say) spread voicings sound "normal", but for older people who grew up on music played by hand (on guitars, pianos and early synths), these sort of voicings are part of the reason why modern pop and EDM tunes sound weird or bad. When an average person says "I don't like modern music", it's often because it's literally written differently to older stuff, with the same basic chords, but unfamiliar voicings.
@@AutPen38 really interesting insight into one of the differences of modern and older music, thank you
I must be an anomaly, I actually got into EDM at 52 years old..... @@AutPen38
Alex, As always mate you blow us away with how easy you make things look. I'm not too bad on Chord Progressions but then I watch something like this you do Every time and think WOW, and Logic is back open trying new Chord emotions in different ways. You are certainly the BEST online tutor I know of when it comes down to Emotions with Chord Progressions. Keep up the good work Bro!!
Thank you man, first time seeing your vid and instantly subbed..
No added bs, direct application, clear examples and most of all humble.. You inspire me to write songs..
Again, thank you so much Alex 🙏🙏🙏
glad you found this man
same bro
Much love and respect to you and your channel Alex Rome.
love how this video for everyone doesnt matter the daw youre using bc youre teaching thought process and teaching how to apply theory in a understandable way thanks bro
Alex , your video is awesome. You show me visually how music gives me different feels. I am a musician and play Bluegrass by ear and never learned music theory, so your video SHOWS me on your computer screen how this happens to me. Movie music scores can instantly make my eyes well up or extremely happy, and then if you add it to corresponding video of a scene on screen it magnifies the emotions made by the accompanying music. Thank you for this video. I love your scientific take on it!
These tracks are amazing quality compared to all other RUclips music production videos I’ve seen.
Hey I just wanted to say this video is straight foward and so good. I've been wanting to get back to recording music and this is the video I needed. Thank you so much. You're an inspirstion.
You make capturing these emotions look so easy. This is seriously impressive.
They all sound the same to me
My guyyyyyy! I feel so inspired to write music after watching this video. I had never thought to take the third up an octave or to repeat the pedal tone on the tonic.
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Man I dont think I've ever commented on a RUclips channel before. But you are just so f'in good like I honestly am not sure why you arent famous and millionaire. Your music deserves that man. You have been my pop music hero, showing me so many cool writing elements which ultimately got me into Berklee Songwriting major. Such an inspiration man. You have A LOT to be proud of.
I like your comments and I'm new here.
can we be friends?
Alex, this is absolutely beautiful! As a guitar player and singer I learned so much from your work! So thank you man! Cheers from Brazil!
I just want to let you know that you’re my favorite RUclipsr. Every upload greatly helps me out.
That euphoric beat is amazing
I want to express my gratitude for providing such amazing and emotional chord progressions and wonderful video. They incredibly sound great! I want take them in my composition. Thanks again.
Quick tip: Highlight note/s in piano roll and press “shift + ⬆️/⬇️” to raise/lower by semitone. Press ctrl instead of shift to go by octave. Blew my mind when I first learned this and since then I’ve been trying to find more and more key commands to speed up workflow. Great video btw! Very informative and helpful!
In summary, put 3rd up an octave
Don't forget the tonic tone - sometimes
Yes, I know I'm one year late
Fuck you 🩷
bro casually switched between fl Ableton and logic and thought we wouldn't notice
Yo!! Señor Rome, I just wanted to say thank you for creating this amazing video, I was struggling with some progressions and you gave me a lot of ideas, you got yourself a new suscriber and I'm thinking on joining that bootcamp for sure. THANKS!!
Using 3 DAWS tripped me right out. Legend.
Alex, you’re inspiring me to write music again. Thank you for all that you have done and will do 🙏🏽
This!
Me to!
he opened that little vocal up nicely!!!. brilliant!!!.👍🙌🙌🙏
yo this was BEYONDDDDD amazing. super detailed, saucey, excellent
Wow just come up with a cracking bassline and melody for the first Chord pattern. Loving this !
I love doing melodies, drums, fx and all the stuff but always struggle and end up being stuck while doing chords. This helped a lot, thank you
i can make chord progressions easy but melodies wont come to me for my life
@@davidortega6054 humming and recording melodies beforehand is often the easiest and most natural way if you cannot play an instrument. Just record it and translate it via ear into your midi sampler. Given you already got chords it's pretty easy once your ear can translate the notes
Not sure why some of your chord progressions, all in key, have both sharps and flats? 1) should be Bbm/Cb/Db/Ebm. 4) should be Gm/F/Cm/Eb 7) should be Gm/Eb/Cm (which has an Eb in it too). The scale for 4) and 7) is the Gm scale: G A Bb C D Eb F G (also the Bb major scale.
And no one even made him use those random keys, he could’ve made everything in C major or A minor and bypassed the whole issue
@@iansiegler1036Issue?
He also said a 7 chord is just a regular major I was pretty confused. I mean that’s some Jeff tweedy kinda mixing and matching lol.
If anything you’re going G A B I would say you’re in D with a major 6 (Jeff tweedy central)
Because in b flat the G minor scale is really chalk3d up major C
I just found your channel today and I'm in love with your videos and teaching methods. Much love and respect to you.
this was a game changer for me! helped me solve a ton of hindrances in music production and helped me get started on those ideas stuck in my head! THANKS A TON!!
Hey Alex, hust a tip. In Ableton you can select a note en press: Shift+Arrow Up. This command does the octave up thing.(or octave down) So you don't have to drag them up. Just a little hack that is so nice once you know about it. Idk if it works in others DAWs.
He knows, but he wants you to see when and how he drags the notes
Confusingly, in FLS, I think it's CTRL+up for an octave jump. SHIFT+up only moves up a semitone. I think Alex is using Logic now and that presumably uses a similar shortcut. Weirdo Apple users probably use the OPTION key or something, like the committed mentalists they are.
@@AutPen38option shift arrow 🤪
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Don’t forget your pedal tones!
Bach hated this little trick!
I am no musician but I know that I need to raise those thirds up an octave
5:08 🤣💚
8:36 that's not aggressive wth xD
@@AndreasDelleske You mean johann sebastian bach? Lol
Duuude i love this so much! All of these chord progressions were sick :D
Damn this is actually helping a lot! Made my first track with some actual feel, more feel than my others with just chords. Used the chill followed by a sorrow with some calm synths.
thank you alex, i've been on a three day dry spell of not making tracks but this video inspired me to finish something, didn't end up using the chords tho lol but your enthusiasm for music always gets me into the mood to make something c:
You need to be more inspired. Writing while not inspired shows
@The Dude wow that was un called for, whatever dude. Trying leave a friendly comment and then you just come out of nowhere with "you need to be more inspired" like think before you comment, you don't know my story and I'm very uninterested in knowing yours, have a nice life my dude.
5:54 bro what the f, my volume was max
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@@mattthegenericor/suddenlycaralho. Quer o que no print?
This is so cool! I learn very little from most of these type videos. But this... was worth my valuable time. Bravo!
The last one is so my style of beat, I like it
Its crazy how much you can learn from your chords videos and how I can see the type of chords other artists use. For example @ 11:48 sounds like the opening to Sigma - Nobody to love
Pretty sure those are straight up the opening chords lol, i was thinking the exact same thing and already finished the melody in my head 😂
I've always wondered why my chords never sounded right. This video was a major help, I'll make sure to put this stuff to practice.
A major AND a minor help!
@@AndreasDelleske It doesn't cover music theory but gives some chords patterns, and although I like to write them, using this pattern is not a bad thing... I mean at the end of the day the progressions are limited, so using premade ones that you already know how they sound it's not the end of the world
Thanks for your advice man, roger. Now I can be sing my patterns with my different emotions something I didn't know how to do before, you are an excellent master.
understanding this so well must make music production so much fun and it would be endless. whatever vibe you're going for you can find it. i need to get a better grasp of chord progressions. thanks for the help
The most somber and melancholy sounding chord progression I’ve ever heard was the battlestar sonatica by bear mccreary. I actually fell in love with the song so much I forced myself to learn it on piano having no knowledge in the piano whatsoever. It was very difficult to learn that as my first song.
Learning battlestar sonata off the bat without prior knowledge/experience of piano/music? Tell me how long it took you to do it. That's some dedication right there and I respect that
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I have never seen music theory so so easy explained and how you verbalize all the chords so easy with perfect examples. Better then every music teacher ever Great video 💯💯💯
He gets the theory very wrong, even as he presents the emotion very well.
I wouldn't define 'minor more serious' 'major more uplifting', as music theory. Nor would I define pedal tones or simple pads as revelatory.
This problem with copy and paste music isn't that anyone can do it, the problem is that people start thinking they're musicians when they don't even know how to play an instrument.
music teachers will explain how intervals work so you can build your own chord progressions instead of copying stuff
that last song actually sounds so good
Thank you I needed that 💯🔥❤️
Dude amazing. The vocals at 1:10 are fire. You should finish that song !
Yup damn amazing
What is the song name or kit
amazing stuff, lots of ideas to play with here. THanks!
thank u man
i had no clue that chord patters had this much impact on ur songs
6:00 Was Heaven!!!! I wish this was a full song. Nobody can tell me that this part wasn't FIRE! 🔥
What software did you use?
Fax does anyone know similar songs
i think you mean 5:53
@@Lintee_Second haha yes 👍
@@phlegm5596 fr, I'm dying to find a similar song. I wish I could even download the clip. It is so good🤩
@@phlegm5596 Dreams - Gryffin uses the same 6371 progression in C minor, i believe and also has that same melodic house vibe to it.
Hey quick question, do I take the 3rd up an octave? All in fun, thanks for an awesome video brother definitely will apply this to my future progressions! The tone coming from these chords sound awesome.
lol - great video but i did laugh at every one having the emotion drawn out by octaving up the third no matter the emotion targeted
You’re a pro at finding beats to not care at all about throwing away. Not at all a diss. Great advice
How isn’t that a diss
man i cant thank u enuf for showing me the way to generate creativity at will... u r an inspiration and my mentor for my home studio efforts started almost 2 years ago... i used to stare at a blank screen... now i cant keep up with the ideas flowing cuz u unblocked my brain... i like your teaching style too... generous, educated. experienced, talented... ur methods are just great and so SIMPLE!!!... i would have paid big bux for what u taught me... but i got it fer nuttin... i hope u r not just giving it away and make a good income cuz u deserve it... um look healthy so i m assuming... dont wanna be a jack but had to let you know that u have a good vibe in the universe and what goes around... thanks for being there!
2:37 so basically every chainsmoker song
Why are you wearing a waffle maker on your head?
GOLD
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The best comment
Average band nerd (I’m wearing a microwave on my head)
Oh, I wish I had this waffle maker. The way it sounds totally makes up for the looks
You are awesome, thanks for sharing. Alex
this is a stunning,brilliantly presented video. wow. thank you so much. I've been writing songs for 25 years, and never thought of any of these ideas. thank you again. Diamond
why did we switch daws every other progression hahaha
1:35 basic lyidan
That's absolutely amazing, I love ❤those beats🎧, I actually love listening to those beats
First time I’ve seen this dude, amazing! Instant subscribe. Great stuff.
It doesn't matter what key you use, the emotion comes from the relative change in intervals between chords.
Yes, but key (and even more so register) does affect the perception as well. Timbre matters quite a bit too. All of these things play with each other in different ways. A piano is not tuned to perfect equal temperament across its entire range, so both register and key matter quite a bit.
@@badbeardbill9956 I think they matter a little bit. Keys only matter by virtue of it changing register so sure register matters, but the nuance of the range of emotions that a register change influences is massively limited relative to a scale or modal change. Put two of the same progressions a semitone apart and they will pretty much convey the same emotion.
@@Ndo01 completely agree, you mention emotion expressed relative to the scale or modal change, besides these, how would one go about learning to express emotion?
@@yungawkward303 the harmony and melody from the scales/modes is going to convey 90% of the emotion. Besides those, you can play with tempo, rhythm, instrumentation, timbre, and articulation.
6:05 sounds like a youtube intro
Generic edm
I was thinking the same thing hahah ha
Ohhh thank you!!!! You are amazing, feel the same excitement behind my daw:)
Its crazy to see how easy it is to make the music. Great vid.
I don't really learn much from watching these videos anymore, but I LOVE the fact that I can still obtain inspiration when I'm running dry. Thanks for posting these Alex! 🤘
I wonder if he’s gonna put the 3rd up an octave?
I'm really wondering too, he never does that
Love to see you switching DAWs
Bro OMG you're sick at this
I have to be honest. I try to start making songs in different ways but somehow it doesn’t sound as musical or emotional as I want. I should use these tutorials as the main basics to start with and then produce the tracks and write lyrics. I make music to support my voice but when the music is good, the lyrics and vocal melodies come naturally. I promise I’ll never forget these instructions ever! ❤
Just be creative? It’s easy
Что за песня 8:39 ?
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Great video. Love the demonstration. Keep it up!
I don't think you really nailed most of these because of a strict adherence to a certain formula. Most of these are actually very adjacent, and with emotion its the contrast that makes it felt. How many people would actually accurately guess the intended emotions assigned to these if the goal was not stated beforehand?
Granted each of these progressions is perfectly functional and evocative, just not nearly with the level of variance you may expect if you read the given line-up of feelings.
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Be carefull with the chord cipher... there are different moments when you mention some chords with its enharmonical name, and those chords don't really belong to the scale. For example: in the scale of G minor, you said: Gm Cm Bb and D#, this is a tonality that uses flat notes, in this case the last chord (6th grade) is a Eb, not a D#.
The sharp note here can be a F# if you ar in an harmonic minor scale, or different notes that can be use as a chromatical resource.... but you cannot change the basic chords from a tonality, you're killing the musical lenguaje.
Thank you... This was driving me crazy with some of the chord progressions not staying within the scales. The 1st one should have Db and Eb. The 4th one should have Eb, the 7th one should have Eb, the 8th one should have Bb and Eb. This might confuse some people.
it's so crazy to me how a person who barely knows music theory can make a video about a few basic chord progressions and the comments will act like he's some music god
And who cares? They're the same chord regardless if what you call them, so as long as you're not teaching music theory, it doesn't matter.
It's not about ego, it's about to have a better comprehension of the function of each chord in a musical tonality, when tou realize that you can go even further away with your compositions and search new colours with different grade alterations. Everybody can make music in the way as they want, I'm just trying to give clarity to people who is learning musical theory, 'cause this chord cypher may confuse themselves if they're trying to get better tools to develop better and complex chords progressions. You don't have to cry, just learn.
I've been enjoying your videos. I recently subbed because your knowledge.
i don’t know much about how music is made but this was very informative! the way you explained and showed it was easy to understand!
Thanks bro. I'm trying to improve the keyboards in my comps and this lesson helped me expand from just using single notes. Game changer!
I learn so much from you man, it's crazy how talented you are.