Hi All,

I usually play everything by ear and come up with chords, but then spending too much time finding the right chord progressions.

I would like to understand the theory behind chords,their progression, why they are called for example Ab and what notes this Ab exists of.

Is there are a good tutorial online or any dvd's that teaches this in a good way?

cheers!

 

Yo...

I was looking for the same thing mate and found 2/3 tutorials quite good for that.Because i got no knowledge neither on scale and chords,i was afraid to find tutos with score!

So,check those ones,i did the one for electronic musicians...excellent and really easy to follow...
http://adsrsounds.com/csoftware/music-theory/

Check also UDEMY website for music fundamentals such as "music theory for electronic musician":
https://www.udemy.com/music-theory-for-electronic-musicians/?dtcode=JVOXSjE2HglK

The one i found excellent is from SKILLSHARE called MIDI GRID THEORY i think...here is the link:
http://www.skillshare.com/classes/music/Music-Theory-Exploring-Sound-Rhythm-and-Melody-on-the-MIDI-Grid/68887879?via=browse-popular-music


Hope it helps and enjoy the learning!

 

We also have some tutorials in AudioSex Academy Part II so check those out.

 

Oh and I almost forgot check out Dance Music Production's Fundamentals series.

 

This one of my favourite topics in life, so enjoyable !

 

This is a nice websitewith free online lessons:

http://www.musictheory.net/lessons

And here you can get the same package (slightly different look, but you will learn the same) for offline use:

http://classic.musictheory.net/

And this is one of the best books I have read on music theory:

http://i-e-i.wikispaces.com/file/view/Music_Theory_for_the_Computer_Musician.pdf