Do I really need it if I’m looking at creating this brand of techno?
It’s usually without any melody and is what I call percussion techno, I don’t know if it’s an official genre.
Most definitely
Most definitely
Most definitely - yes or no?
If you could finger drum percussion samples and th3 ‘uuhh’ voice sample and the whiplash snare on the offbeat accent and play the rest in a syncopated African hand drum style on a 16 pad pretty sure you can make this with recording a 4 bar loop and then layering hats and over it.
Since there are no melody or harmony those items would not be needed in this recipe. You could however read up on African polyrhythms, syncopation, Euclidean rhythms, hand drum technique , call and response style arrangments, tribal instruments, research World Music sample libraries, look up on the gear and background of the artist on question, study Latin genre rhythms, gypsy hand claps and Romani music and listen to lot of Tribal House genre and Tribal Industrial bands like ‘This Morn Omina’ to get this kind of sound. Ricthie Hawtin also plays some tribal techno stuff from time to time to check his playlists out.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfIYf7Tz5OqS-5QaTb95FCBm_Bb5fsuZ_
I took a music theory class in college for non-majors and I thought it helped a little. I have been going many years making music chromatically just to realize that most of my good songs were good because I stuck to C major and simple timing. I wanted to go beyond that. I bought a book called music theory for computer musicians. It’s a helpful green book for people like us. I learned that I can’t break the rules if I don’t know them in first place. You don’t need it that much for creating beats though.
Most definitely
Could you tell me why or how? Unless it’s the things encryptedmind is talking about.
Most definitely - yes or no?
If you could finger drum percussion samples and th3 ‘uuhh’ voice sample and the whiplash snare on the offbeat accent and play the rest in a syncopated African hand drum style on a 16 pad pretty sure you can make this with recording a 4 bar loop and then layering hats and over it.
Since there are no melody or harmony those items would not be needed in this recipe. You could however read up on African polyrhythms, syncopation, Euclidean rhythms, hand drum technique , call and response style arrangments, tribal instruments, research World Music sample libraries, look up on the gear and background of the artist on question, study Latin genre rhythms, gypsy hand claps and Romani music and listen to lot of Tribal House genre and Tribal Industrial bands like ‘This Morn Omina’ to get this kind of sound. Ricthie Hawtin also plays some tribal techno stuff from time to time to check his playlists out.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfIYf7Tz5OqS-5QaTb95FCBm_Bb5fsuZ_
Thanks for all the items I could study up on! I’ll most certainly look into that.
If this is also called “Music Theory” then yeah I need it.
I’m a big fan of This Morn’ Omina, this is also the sound I’m after.
Cool one, although I very rarely use vocals myself.
There is also Death Abyss, huge percussion sections.
This is more going towards Industrial Techno (I think 
)
At O.P.
Percussion techo …is that a new genre ? Seriously …
I don’t get you …your signature says …fookin with da knobs since 1991 …yet you ask a question if you need any music theory to make hard old skool teknooo.
You had 26 years to find out .
Yes and no …;theory is mighyt interesting…the hardest part is breakin out of the theory …emotional versus analytical …
“morality is a handicap”?
What the fuck is that shit about?
Anyways “music theory for computer musicians” is here and free:
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/manuals/MusicTheory/MusicTheoryForComputerMusic.pdf
“morality is a handicap”?
What the fuck is that shit about?
Anyways “music theory for computer musicians” is here and free:
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/manuals/MusicTheory/MusicTheoryForComputerMusic.pdf
Me remembers this one…sure a good read & must have, kind of.
Many thanks, bro!
At O.P.
Percussion techo …is that a new genre ? Seriously …
I don’t get you …your signature says …fookin with da knobs since 1991 …yet you ask a question if you need any music theory to make hard old skool teknooo.
You had 26 years to find out .
Yes and no …;theory is mighyt interesting…the hardest part is breakin out of the theory …emotional versus analytical …
Other than that…
…Just:
m’kay then .
Goodluck with your journey…and fookin with da knobs …
“morality is a handicap”?
What the fuck is that shit about?
Anyways “music theory for computer musicians” is here and free:
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/manuals/MusicTheory/MusicTheoryForComputerMusic.pdf
I have the book, some of the exercises’ answers are wrong so how can I learn anything from a book like that?
They also mention 11- and 13-note chords, is that for aliens with 10+ fingers?
And then they still talk about notation stuff with bass and treble clef … wth? All completely useless to me, I don’t even know what key my songs are in. Uhm … C4 since I used a kick to start the song with?
I know I used some music theory before since I made a piano and violin song which definitely had that in them, I just don’t know what part of MT I used. I’d only learn it to break most of its rules anyway.
The numbers in chords refer to the degrees of a major scale, when they go past 8 it means the chord spans more than one octave.
2 Octaves of the C Major scale with scale degrees :
1-C 2-D 3-E 4-F 5-G 6-A 7-B 8-C 9-D 10-E 11-F 12-G 13-A 14-B
C11 has the 11th degree F.
Weirdly it looks like the E that would be found in CMaj ( which should be the first part of C11 ) has been left out in the C11 example I have.
Also I have no idea where in the chord name “C11” a Bb can be found, so I am also confused by this.
C11, otherwise known as C9 ( sus4 ) :
Treble Clef
C4 G4 Bb4 D5 F5
L5 L1 R1 R2 R4
Bass Clef
C3 G3 Bb4 D4 F4
L5 L1 R1 R2 R4
C13 has the 13th degree, A. Apart from that the same confusion from the first post applies. I have no idea where the Bb came from, and in this case also no idea where the D came from. The E has been included this time.
C13 :
Treble Clef
C4 E4 G4 Bb4 D5 A5
L5 L3 L1 R1 R2 R5
Bass Clef
C3 E3 G3 Bb3 D4 A4
L5 L3 L1 R1 R2 R5
They also mention 11- and 13-note chords, is that for aliens with 10+ fingers?
Sostenuto pedal ,sustains specific notes by lifiting the dampers .
. ( not to be confused with the sustain pedal , which sustains all notes by llifting all dampers )
sadly these are only found on grand piano , majority of buffet don’t have a a sostenuto pedal .
O.K. The author of the book from which I retrieved the last two examples ( Hal-Leonard ) may have abbreviated those chords a bit by leaving out the Es as it is meant to be a book of keyboardists chords rather than piano chords.
There are three types of 11 and 13 chords ( major, min and dominant ).
When they are written C11 or C13 (without maj or min indicated ) it means C dominant eleventh and C dominant 13th.
Here I have a better set of examples :
the numbers 11 and 13 refer to scale degrees ( past one octave, which ends at scale degree 8 ) of the major scale of the root note of the chord ( in this case C ).
C MAJOR
1-C 2-D 3-E 4-F 5-G 6-A 7-B 8-C 9-D 10-E 11-F 12-G 13-A 14-B
C11 ( C Dominant 11th )
C4 E4 G4 Bb4 D5 F5
L4 L2 L1 R1 R2 R4
1st C, 3rd E, 5th G, b7th Bb, 9th D, 11th F
So in the C11 chord name ‘C’ refers to ‘C major’ ( C E G )…11th refers to F…I’m guessing the ‘dominant’ part of the name refers to ‘b7th Bb’…and I have no idea why there is a ‘D’?
C13 ( C Dominant 13th )
C3 E3 G3 Bb3 D4 F4 A4
R4 R2 R1 L1 L2 L3 L5
1st C, 3rd E, 5th G, b7th Bb, 9th D, 11th F, 13th A
In ‘C13’ chord name the ‘C’ refers to C major ( C E G ), I guess the ‘dominant’ refers to ‘b7th Bb’, the ‘13’ refers to ‘A’ ( which is the 13th degree of C major scale )…I guess the 9th ‘D’ and the ‘11th’ F are assumed and dont have to be specified if going all the way to 13.
Its a little known fact that tchaikovsky used a sequencer to compose…It was called the “orchestrion”…it was sequenced by punching holes in long sheets of paper…He could play piano as well though. I’m not really feeling his songs though to be honest.
Heres one where you can see the pianoroll style sheets of card with holes cut into them
You don’t need theory just to copy something; just like a baby doesn’t learn grammar to learn to talk, but copies what it hears.
But if you want to figure out what it is about a track you like you’ll be better off knowing some.
If you think music theory only covers melody you’re wrong, all elements of music can be talked about in a theoretical way.
That’s the same as someone saying “these tracks aren’t music as they don’t have melody”
Yeah, music theory is also rhythm and timbre.
I started learning more recently and I can see how if someone said they needed a tune that sounds “spooky” or “nostalgic” or “mystical” or whatever its easier to go straight to the scales which sound that way and exract chords from them to write a tune. Makes the whole song writing process faster and the results sound better. Standing on the shoulders of giants or whatevr. Discovering more by building on previous discoveries.
A timely post from NI for you :https://blog.native-instruments.com/getting-started-with-music-theory/
I guess I’ll have to have at least a basic understanding. I also have “Music Theory For Dummies” and I must be a dummy 
since this book explains things in a more understandable way.
Giving it another try …