Dale's Songwriting Video. Part 1

Interesting..

well,still I dont know what is he talking about.....

Very nice, though it would be better if some helpful charts were provided for those who are not familiar with all these techniques

i get the jist but i would like a tab to be able to see what chords he is acctually playin... nie anyway tho

is not as good as the other dude but he's ok

cool

Very good lesson.

i get the jist but i would like a tab to be able to see what chords he is acctually playin... nie anyway tho

That isn't always the best approach. Sometimes it is better to think about the scale/chord progression and figure out what the chords are yourself. That is the best way to understand something.

A good lesson. I knew some of that stuff, but it definitely made me consider it more in songwriting.

I agree with some other guys though, some chord charts might have helped a bit.

Chord charts may have helped, but they're not necessary in order to learn something. I definitely picked up a lot from that without seeing charts. Dale's definitely been rocking since the Guitar One days, and he's not slowing down! Another fantastic video from Kole and co.!

great stuff here!

chichong wrote: well,still I dont know what is he talking about.....

You need to have some basic to intermediate music knowledge to understand it.

Argg! That out of tune E string was making me cringe the whole time =(

Great video! I'm just getting into song writing, and tips like these really help out and inspire.

Nice

please stop using the camera's microphone to record the audio for your lessons!!!!!

very nice video, 10 out of 10, the ending progression is really cool

This lesson made mad at my self... Dont know even the basics when it comes down to musical theory.

Very nice, it would be great if they gave some print offs avalible as well...

really fancy ways to say basic shit...elliot smith ftw

good lesson to make some chord progressions. Rock on

I get the gist... though I think I may need to back-track a bit though... the shifting bass notes thing may help now. I normally just let ring the individual notes of power chords in accoustic stuff (suffic it to say, it's sounds really bad) and this might help improve my band's 3rd song intro.

Thanks for checking this video out, you guys!! I was just trying to make it a demonstration of how certain things people study in "theory" (which I'm sure some people on here are getting into... at school... out of books, or whatever) can be used to make a basic progression more interesting. It's not as much about "what" I'm playing as much as walking away with the idea that, if you have certain things under your belt, you can *experiment* more, and hopefully end up wth less-generic stuff. Hopefully the 2nd part shows up soon!!! It was fun :

Later,
Dale

Why don't you just strum some chords together to the way you want it to sound. Instead of listening to this guy and his monotone voice

very cool I never though you could put diferant bass notes into other chords. I guess I have done that before but I never knew
what I was doing.

Axeman8804.. sometimes you need a little help in learning HOW to get things to sound the way you want... Et viola, this video series

Axeman8804 wrote: Why don't you just strum some chords together to the way you want it to sound. Instead of listening to this guy and his monotone voice

Axeman you are an *******. Dale has no monotone voice and he is the coolest instructor at M.I. (If you know what that is) ::: You wish you could have at least 1% of the knowledge Dale has in music.

Reading all these comments makes me so glad I learned music theory when I was a kid.

I'm still not much of a songwriter but theory definitely helps to make interesting chords and chord progressions that have personality and don't sound like everyone else's.

that was really interesting. In the begging i thought that what he was doing was pretty boring but when he added the root stuff it was really good

kuovsk.anekask wrote: Reading all these comments makes me so glad I learned music theory when I was a kid. I'm still not much of a songwriter but theory definitely helps to make interesting chords and chord progressions that have personality and don't sound like everyone else's.

dame..... i think im just a "tab" player.....

hahahaha,
two *******s in one video! amazing!

*Chants* Dale Dale Dale Dale!!!! Great Lesson dude!! This was explained PERFECTLY!! right on man!

lmao the guy in the begining of this video makes me laugh, i wonder if hes reading what hes saying..... haha

Tenacious D'er wrote: i get the jist but i would like a tab to be able to see what chords he is acctually playin... nie anyway tho

www.chordfind.com

I found this really helpful as i have written a few songs but I feel I am in need of some new ideas. Thanks, I loved all the different chords for different sounds!

Great video.. im not to familiar with chords, but it sounded great!
Thanks for the help!

Nice, I can't wait to try some of this stuff.

I think the dominant function of the fifth chord in a major scale was explained quite poorly. It does not need to have the 7th note attached to it to be dominant. Just try and play C - F - G - C, and you can hear the tension. However, adding the 7th note (making it a G7, as shown in the video), will enhance the dominant function, almost forcing you to go back to the root chord? (is it called a 'tonic' chord? - i only know the names of these things in danish, so correct me if I'm wrong).

And, to put some truth in to Dale's words: Every time you encounter a major chord with the 7th note attached to it in a song, it's almost the dominant to the following chord every time.

Nevertheless, great tab, nice seeing some theory actually being put to use! And explaining the thing with shifting root notes was nice to, keep up the nice work Dale.

Excellent lesson, you're a very good teacher.

Dale, I thought your video was GREAT.... Helped me understand how to spice things up a bit. I hope you share more of your talents soon. You ARE helping people, that is a great gift. Thanks for teaching... that alone makes you special. Can you imagine what this world would be like without people like yourself. Thanks again

I'm kind of confused... do you just plug in some chords with the 7th note or dominant thing whenever? And how do you get from say a G to a G7 or C to C7? Is there a system to that?

And when you give a chord a different base note, what ensures that said bass note will sound good with the rest of the chord?

Maybe I'm just brain-dead because it's late, but I had trouble following him.

i like the beer in the bottom left of the screem lol.

I've done chord inversions on the piano but never realized thats where chords like C/G came from. Awesome lesson, I learned a lot and I'm going to apply this to the next song I write.

I have that shirt :]
It's my favorite

I have that shirt D:
It's my fave

It was alright, Seen Better, But alright.

I thought that the lesson was interesting. I was familiar with the first portion of the lesson, but did not have a good understanding the next few concepts.

It makes more sense to me now. Looking forward to watching the next video. Thanks.

chichong wrote: well,still I dont know what is he talking about.....

To help ya understand, watch my theory videos starting on part 1 at www.youtube.com/topdoginuk. Let me know if they help. Tony

I didnt understand much of that.
Music theory in englisch is kind of hard to understand when youre a sweed:-/

I liked this very much. It feels good to go from teh basic major chords and change it one by one. you could learn somehting from the way this guy's teaching.

Sweeetttt. that totally helps... thnx!!!!!