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Here's Some Fundamental Keyboard Skills Every Producer Should Know
Understanding the basics of keyboard playing needn't be scary even if you've never had format training. In this quick video, Matt Vanacoro explains how to play major scales.
Music Theory: How To Recognise Musical Phrases By Their Rhythmic Pattern
Ear training is crucial to becoming a better player and producer. Here, Gregg Fine explains how to listen to the rhythm and phrasing of musical parts to better understand them.
How To Write Better Music Scores With Powerful Rhythms
Understanding the relationship between the different rhythms in your melody, accompaniment and other musical elements can help you produce a more effective musical score. Here's how.
Music Studio Ergonomics: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Good Keyboard Posture Explained
In this short video from his course covering all aspects of keyboard skills for producers, Matt Vanacoro shows you how to avoid the physical stresses of long term keyboard playing.
The Beatles Chord Sequences: Understanding How They Wrote Songs
The Beatles pioneered the use of chord sequences that came to define popular music. In this short video, Matt Freiman reveals how they did it - and its simplicity may surprise you.
Watch Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles: Chords & Progressions Revealed
In this short video, Scott Freiman explains how the Beatles' approach to chord changes and song structure makes for great pop music. Dive in now to find out how they did it!
Practical Music Theory: Comping and Accompaniment
Different techniques for voicing and playing chords can radically change the way a piece of music sounds. Matt Vanacoro shares 5 pro tips for better accompaniment.
Here's How To Make MIDI Orchestras Sound More Believable
If you have ever wondered how to make your orchestral MIDI parts sound more believable, how to work faster and get better results, you'll want to watch these two short videos.
8 Intelligent Music Arrangement Tips For Producers
Arranging music can be tricky with the almost limitless freedom provided by modern DAWs. Here are 8 pro tips to avoid mistakes and get the best arrangement possible.
Put Your Logic Pro X Workflow on Steroids
Logic Pro X has so many timesaving tricks and shortcuts if you know where to look for them. Here, Jay Asher shares some of his personal favorites for speeding up your workflow.
Orchestration: Hard Vs Soft Quantization
When preparing a score for transfer between applications, knowing the best form of quantization to use can be crucial. This video explains why.
Orchestrating Strings: Libraries And Programming Techniques Explained
Your approach to programming virtual strings depends on whether they will eventually be played by real instruments. This short video has some pro library selection advice.
5 Tips to Help You Play By Ear
Playing by ear can be tricky to master but it's a great skill to have. Here are 5 tips to help you on your way to being a more instinctive player.
Music Theory: How Displacement Technique Can Help You Compose & Play More Interesting Music
By understanding this simple but seldom-discussed rhythmic technique you can take simple musical parts and make them more interesting. Jordan Rudess shows you how.
Music Theory: Using Drones and Common Tones
Here's how using different kinds of common tones - additional notes held as part of a chord - can add an extra quality to your playing and go beyond simple chord structures.
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