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The Chord WheelMaster chord theoryin minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands
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u/Jongtr · 5 pointsr/musictheory

A common application is to see a quarter segment of the circle as showing not three keys, but the six main chords in a (major) key. IV-I-V on the outside and ii-vi-iii on the inside. (Obviously you need a circle with the relative minors on the inside.)
Chords either side of that diatonic segment can also be used, being closely related, but the further you get from that block, the more "out" the chords will get (but can still be used for that "out" effect, of course). And root movements work around the circle, in either direction.

But I guess this is much like the way you are using it anyway! So I don't think you really are missing anything significant.

[Here's] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Chord-Wheel-All-Inst-Chart-Various/0634021427) a commercial application of much the same idea: The word "revolutionary" is just a sales pitch in that case. ;-)

u/BennJordan · 3 pointsr/IAmA
  1. I myself am not too compatible with trackers, but I have friends who make amazing music who only use them.

  2. I haven't used loops in 5 years or so, but Think was one of my favs for sure. The tambourines are great in it. Amen of course!

  3. I almost always start with a melody on the guitar and go from there. Have you ever seen this? http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Musicians-Instructional/dp/0634021427
    A good way to learn melodic structure.

  4. I was 13 or 14 when I got my first drum machine.

  5. Hmm. Sounds like you're talking about pitching stuff to make it sound like record scratching. I usually did that in Adobe Audition, very carefully and time consuming. :)
u/WOOKIExCOOKIES · 3 pointsr/WeAreTheMusicMakers

Chord Wheel is an awesome tool.

u/Adddicus · 3 pointsr/Guitar

Get The Chord Wheel

Its a very thin book with the rotating chord wheel on front. Its a quick read that explains how to find what chord you're in and some very useful, usable bits of music theory without getting overly complex.

u/McCarthyRazel · 2 pointsr/piano

Seeing the circle of 5ths in color reminds me a lot of The Chord Wheel by Jim Fleser

u/Ale2486 · 2 pointsr/piano

Thank you so much!

I have been looking into these YouTube tutorials but didn’t really have one that sticked. I’ll definitely check her out! Also, a book is more than appreciated. Again, thanks!

EDIT: Just to be sure, you meant this one, right?

u/LostTheOriginal · 2 pointsr/WeAreTheMusicMakers

I use the chord wheel book to teach my students.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/musictheory

I'd rather just find a nice image of the chord wheel and print it out. Learn it, and know how to apply it without having to waste your time by opening the app first and looking at it all the time.

However, for 3 bucks... Whatever. I bought The Chord Wheel just to have a nice, (somewhat) durable print-out of the circle of fifths, but I also only bought this because I got it for like 4€ shipped.

u/Dapado · 2 pointsr/Guitar

If your app doesn't already do this, try out a chord wheel. You spin it to whatever key you want to play in, and it tells you which chords are in that key.

u/andcal · 2 pointsr/Learnmusic

It definitely includes the circle of fifths, but I'm talking about something more specific:
https://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427

u/chrislouden · 1 pointr/Guitar

If you want something simple look at cover of this book. You can read to book if you want to know why/how the work together, but if you just need to know what chord choices would be a good next note the cover does it with a simple pinwheel.
Amazon link

u/Belerion · 1 pointr/WeAreTheMusicMakers

If you're having trouble finding and choosing chords, look up the circle of fifths. Then get yourself one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453845022&sr=8-1&keywords=circle+of+fifths

Job done.

u/Mulufuf · 1 pointr/Guitar

I have one of those Chord Wheel booklets which i refer to just about every darn day. About ten bucks at amazon (or your local guitar store). https://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427

u/Bytecry · 1 pointr/edmproduction
u/Cotor · 1 pointr/classicalmusic

Nowhere near perfect pitch, heh, although I am using sites like http://www.earbeater.com/online-ear-training to help improve interval/scale/note identification.

I analyze using the written music in front of me. If it's an older video game piece, it's almost certainly available online in MIDI format. You can then use a program like Finale to look at the score.

If I'm not sure what a chord is, I can use https://www.scales-chords.com/chordid.php to help, or check my work.

Thanks for those links btw!

Edit: also, get https://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496074829&sr=8-1&keywords=chord+wheel or something similar if visualizing relationship between chords might help, it's been incredible for me.

u/twenty7lies · 1 pointr/asktrp

Go pick up a microkorg or other tiny analog modelling synth. You can start to make your own patches, you can learn a couple triad chords, the vocoder is super fun, etc. You need to know how to play some songs. Don't listen to losers like deadmau5 when he says things like just draw in the chords and wait until it sounds right. He has a youtube ad for his "master class" and I can't stand when he says that he would play it if he know how to play. Learning to play basic triads is easy.

I can only speak from experience when I say these things. I wanted to be a huge electronic music guy. I wanted to be the next Daft Punk or Justice. Now everyone tells me I have my own unique style and I sound like David Bowie. People hated my stuff for years. I'm not super good at any instrument but I'm good enough now at guitar, bass, synth, and vocals.

Sometimes I might not work on music for a month or so. Last year I think I stopped for about 4 months and I was worried that I lost the drive. It came back with a fury. You're always better after a break as well.

You could even start a band. I'm not sure how well you know any instruments or not but it usually doesn't matter. Learn the basic structure for a song. You can do this by learning songs, or just by objectively listening to them. Most pop songs are going to be intro, verse, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, chorus, chorus. Or something similar.

If you're super new, get this book. Then just pick a key and start playing the chors. https://www.amazon.ca/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427/ref=sr_1_1?rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1491270719&sr=8-1&keywords=chord+wheel

You only hate it if you suck at it. I'm just gonna say it again, get an instrument or two and learn some songs. Just start pumping out tons of songs. Eventually you'll create your own style, it might not be EDM. Then go play them at an open mic or something. That shit is fun. Once you can start playing some gigs you'll thank yourself. Even playing for like 20 hipsters makes you feel like a rockstar, it's awesome.

If you can't sing, start singing to every damn song you hear. You're going to suck for a bit. I'm a bit of a silly guy sometimes so I would always change the words in the song while I sang them. That way it didn't matter that I sucked because it was still funny. Then one day I could sing haha it was pretty cool. Also, karaoke is sooooo fun. It's a great date idea.

You can literally be a super amazing musician and never touch a computer. If electronic music is really your thing, do it the old school way and buy some samplers. Like I said, once you become obsessive, there is no turning back. Music is fucking amazing and it never ends. You will be in your 70s-80s and pumping out songs.

WOOOOO GO FUCKING MAKE SOME NOISE

EDIT: I totally forgot. Make videos as well and then make your own music videos. Pump out a song and video every couple months. Do everything yourself. You will stay busy ahaha. I went and bought a couple green screens on amazon and some cheap lights and set up a litter studio in my apartment. Then I just started learning how to use everything and playing around in After Effects. Last week I taught myself how to use Cinema 4D and 3D modelling. Now I'm going to make hilarious cartoon videos in stereoscopic 3D making fun of feminism while I sounds like Bowie when I sing. It's all because I learned how to do everything. I've just started to find that the most enjoyable part for me is the process.

Also bass guitar. That is soo much fun to play. I don't even learn songs I just make up all this weird stuff and I absolutely love every second of it.

u/LiamGaughan · 1 pointr/musictheory

Print a good one out and keep it in your eye line where you spend most of your time and focus on one objective at a time. I suggest just above your computer screen :)

Sounds like you should focus on diatonic triads. Once you know the notes of your scales, just learn the order of chord types (maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim) or in terms of the circle, either side is major chords, inner circle three is minor chords, and then the dim chord is one even further to the right on the minor circle. You can get some elaborate spin-wheel type circle of fifths that can be handy for this, and they'll outline all the chords:

https://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultimate-Tool-Musicians/dp/0634021427/