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Max Konyi
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My life is a musical one-listening, playing, teaching, studying-for which I am very grateful. I hope this channel can bring benefit to others through in-depth, honest, and practical music education. Understanding how and why music works, in the pursuit of creating beautiful sounds, is at the core of my own musical journey; the ongoing results of this exploration, as they relate to music production and composition, are what I wish to share here.
I strive to create the highest quality material possible within the limits of my knowledge and ability. A world in which the best information is available to all, regardless of financial circumstance, is a vision near to my heart.
Want to chat music with me and others in a supportive community? Join the Sonic Sorcery Discord!
Click the link below.
For more information about me, you can visit my website. The link is below.
Thank you!
I strive to create the highest quality material possible within the limits of my knowledge and ability. A world in which the best information is available to all, regardless of financial circumstance, is a vision near to my heart.
Want to chat music with me and others in a supportive community? Join the Sonic Sorcery Discord!
Click the link below.
For more information about me, you can visit my website. The link is below.
Thank you!
Answering Your Ear Training Questions (Part 3) | Chords and Progressions
Ear training deep dive to clear confusion regarding practice and results. This is Part 3, dealing with harmonic stuff - chords and progressions.
Stay informed about my upcoming ear training app - Sonofield Ear Trainer:
www.sonic-sorcery.com/set
Ear Training Q&A Series:
🎵 Part 1 | Essential Fundamentals: ua-cam.com/video/wADUSact3B8/v-deo.htmlsi=5Lq4FwWuYm0HHPNE
🎵 Part 2 | Scale Degrees and Intervals: ua-cam.com/video/x5S5MYKAvBY/v-deo.htmlsi=HkmVxzfK8cIB0Jfm
🎵 Part 3 | Chords and Progressions: You're here!
Musical Warp Drive, my series of courses on theory and composition, is available now on Udemy! Check it out here:
- Music Theory Fundamentals, Mind & Ear Training: maxkonyi.com/mwd1
- Melody, Scales & Modes: maxkonyi.com/mwd2
- Chord Progressions & Harmony for Composition: maxkonyi.com/mwd3
By using these specific links, you are supporting me most directly 🙏🏼
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:04 - Learning to identify chords by ear
05:37 - Feeling chords a single units
15:03 - Recognizing inversions
18:02 - Recognizing chord extensions
Join the Sonic Sorcery Discord server! A supportive community of musicians and producers. Ask questions, get feedback, and participate in weekly production challenges:
www.sonic-sorcery.com/
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Visit my website to learn more about me and explore the content I offer:
www.maxkonyi.com/
Stay informed about my upcoming ear training app - Sonofield Ear Trainer:
www.sonic-sorcery.com/set
Ear Training Q&A Series:
🎵 Part 1 | Essential Fundamentals: ua-cam.com/video/wADUSact3B8/v-deo.htmlsi=5Lq4FwWuYm0HHPNE
🎵 Part 2 | Scale Degrees and Intervals: ua-cam.com/video/x5S5MYKAvBY/v-deo.htmlsi=HkmVxzfK8cIB0Jfm
🎵 Part 3 | Chords and Progressions: You're here!
Musical Warp Drive, my series of courses on theory and composition, is available now on Udemy! Check it out here:
- Music Theory Fundamentals, Mind & Ear Training: maxkonyi.com/mwd1
- Melody, Scales & Modes: maxkonyi.com/mwd2
- Chord Progressions & Harmony for Composition: maxkonyi.com/mwd3
By using these specific links, you are supporting me most directly 🙏🏼
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:04 - Learning to identify chords by ear
05:37 - Feeling chords a single units
15:03 - Recognizing inversions
18:02 - Recognizing chord extensions
Join the Sonic Sorcery Discord server! A supportive community of musicians and producers. Ask questions, get feedback, and participate in weekly production challenges:
www.sonic-sorcery.com/
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Visit my website to learn more about me and explore the content I offer:
www.maxkonyi.com/
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Answering Your Ear Training Questions (Part 2) | Scale Degrees and Intervals
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Ear training deep dive to clear confusion regarding practice and results. This is Part 2, dealing with melodic stuff. Stay informed about my upcoming ear training app - Sonofield Ear Trainer: www.sonic-sorcery.com/set Ear Training Q&A Series: 🎵 Part 1 | Essential Fundamentals: ua-cam.com/video/wADUSact3B8/v-deo.htmlsi=5Lq4FwWuYm0HHPNE 🎵 Part 2 | Scale Degrees and Intervals: You're here! 🎵 Part ...
Answering Your Ear Training Questions (Part 1) | Essential Fundamentals
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Ear training deep dive to clear confusion regarding practice and results. This is Part 1, dealing with the fundamentals and outlining an overall roadmap. Stay informed about my upcoming ear training app - Sonofield Ear Trainer: www.sonic-sorcery.com/set Ear Training Q&A Series: 🎵 Part 1 | Essential Fundamentals: You're here! 🎵 Part 2 | Scale Degrees and Intervals: ua-cam.com/video/x5S5MYKAvBY/v...
The Magic of 6/8 Time
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6/8 vs 4/4 vs 3/4 - a time signature comparison. Explore this content on the muted.io companion page: muted.io/6-8-time-signature/ Musical Warp Drive, my series of courses on theory and composition, is available now on Udemy! Check it out here: - Music Theory Fundamentals, Mind & Ear Training: maxkonyi.com/mwd1 - Melody, Scales & Modes: maxkonyi.com/mwd2 - Chord Progressions & Harmony for Compo...
Essential Ear Training - Feeling the Minor Scale
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Essential Ear Training - Feeling the Minor Scale
Listen like a Baby! Essential Advice | Q&A Ep. 04
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Listen like a Baby! Essential Advice | Q&A Ep. 04
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
As I Hear It - The Secrets of Great Music | Ep. 02
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As I Hear It - The Secrets of Great Music | Ep. 02
Should You Go To Music School? | Q&A Ep. 03
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Should You Go To Music School? | Q&A Ep. 03
How to Maximize Musical Progress in One Year? | Q&A Ep. 02
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How to Maximize Musical Progress in One Year? | Q&A Ep. 02
Simon Passmore - MIDI Mock-Up Wizard and Classical Pianist | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #03
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Simon Passmore - MIDI Mock-Up Wizard and Classical Pianist | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #03
What's the Most Important Skill for Music Production? | Q&A Ep. 01
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What's the Most Important Skill for Music Production? | Q&A Ep. 01
Remixing Mute City from F-Zero (SNES)
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Remixing Mute City from F-Zero (SNES)
Gregor Beyerle | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #02
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Gregor Beyerle | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #02
Tom Quayle - Jazz Fusion Guitarist | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #01
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Tom Quayle - Jazz Fusion Guitarist | Sonic Sorcery Podcast #01
Rhythm of the Night (Studio One 6 Demo Song)
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Rhythm of the Night (Studio One 6 Demo Song)
Professional Composer Tries to Rap (Boom Bap)
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Professional Composer Tries to Rap (Boom Bap)
Jazzy Pop Beat Breakdown | Studio One 6 Demo Song
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Jazzy Pop Beat Breakdown | Studio One 6 Demo Song
Studio One 6 Official Demo Song Breakdown
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Studio One 6 Official Demo Song Breakdown
Spitfire Audio - Bridgerton Scoring Competition | Max Konyi
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Spitfire Audio - Bridgerton Scoring Competition | Max Konyi
When Bungie Hires the Wrong Guy to do Destiny Trailer Sound
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When Bungie Hires the Wrong Guy to do Destiny Trailer Sound
where can we just listen to this song lol
It's available on my soundcloud, though it is only 1:30 long since it was only for this challenge 🌞 soundcloud.com/maxkonyi/challenge-10-dubstep?in=maxkonyi/sets/weekly-challenges-from-my-discord-server&
Hey Max. It's been a long time. it's so good to hear from you. Sorry I havent been able to respond for so long I was just busy crashing out lol. I have gotten SO much better with understanding music theory, and have been learning jazz harmony. But I decided why stop at being a prouducer. I want to become a composer (not professioally ofc, though that would be cool. ut just for fun and make it a part of music collection) I wanna know how to rightly divide string sections, woodwinds, and brass too. Maybe can you make a short video on that if you could
Observation I made during the twinkle listening exercise. I found the feelings of each degree change when it was done preceded by another degree. For instance what 4 felt like in the scale, 5 did in the melody. Which is interesting because IIRC it was the first descent in each exercise
THANK YOU!~
At 23:20 you are saying that flat 3 is a little bit more dissonant with the tonic than flat 7, I am not sure about that. If your logic is that the further away on the circle, the more dissonant, it seems wrong. For instance, 3 is more consonant than 6, 2 or 4…
Yes you're totally right! I mispoke here. In the other video (or maybe it was this one?), I mentioned that things are more complex than the circle makes them appear, and this is an example. The circle is one-dimensional whereas a tonnetz or harmonic lattice is two-dimensional, allowing for a more accurate (though more complex and potentially confusing) depiction of harmonic relationship. It's the same on the other side of the circle as well - 3 is more consonant than 2 but it requires a two-dimensional representation to show that.
Such amazing entries this time. Had to come back for another listen.
I'm really stuck at two things, first is that i can't recognize chromatics together(like the same degree sounds different when i play it with another chromatic degree like 2nd,3rd,4th,6th, and 7th with flat/sharp degrees and vice versa) and I can't recognize melodies when someone's signing it and i want to recognize it directly by listening to it rather than sing along etc... Can you please tell me a way to deal with both?
Both have to do with our mind using the momentary harmonic context (chords) as a reference instead of the key centre. Generally, you need to repeatedly try by instinct and then check to see how you do, and then listen again with the correct answer in mind. Listen to a singer, quickly answer which degrees you believe they're singing, stop and check, analyze your answer versus the right ones, then listen again with the correct answer in mind until it feels like it makes sense. Repeat this and your capacity to do it instinctively will increase.
+ energy sent your way Max. Heal well and keep kickin ass.
This song is amazing! I just want to listen to it all day.
I suffer with the same back problems 40+ years now. I use a height adjustable desk, play keyboards sitting and mixing standing up. Some days just forget it and go for a walk.❤
Was so excited for this one can't wait to see what everyone came up with 😂😂
I remember you lol
Dear Max, thank you so much for all this amazing content. Is there a specific place where one can leave questions for possible future q&a's?
Here works! Though there is a dedicated channel in the Discord server for exactly that as well.
6/8 has more in common with 2/4 than with 3/4 due to having two primary beats - i think of 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 as a triplified 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 respectively
Agreed! But that is not the point of confusion for most people.
Got bug on each sedation!
I love the way you talk about ear training and this vid has more useful additional information. I know you're not really interested in recognizing specific voicings as you mention you pretty much only care about chord position and quality, but as an aspiring jazz pianist it's one of the things I'd like to be able to recognize better. Still, just applying your ideas I realize I just need to become familiar with all the different types of voicings. Thank you for your contributions 🫡
Happy to hear that! I can certainly recognize voicing types in general, but I can't instantly hear all the inner voices independently. However, if you focus on that or whatever version of that you're interested in, it will certainly become possible
a suggestion would be listening to Hindustani classical music which is harmonically very static and always has a drone accompaniment.. In particular look up ALAP.. this is where the artist established the mode so it is very free and unmetered.. All classical melody is about the relationship of melody to drone.. The drone is like the earth stable and unchanging.. the melody is the air element shifting and free..
Agreed!
When he hit the C note hard 🎉
May I ask where I can listen to the whole piece of which you play the excerpt @9:30 minutes. It is lovely indeed.
Glad you like it! The whole piece is actually quite short as it was done during one of my music production streams, but you can find it here: soundcloud.com/maxkonyi/max-konyi-weekly-challenge-59-this-grey-stranger?in=maxkonyi/sets/best-of&si=91b7ad44ef0b4ad5b48a896bcf9afb25&
I've been working on my audiation and everything in this video is so helpful. It's absolutely a mashup of theory, scales, triads, chord progressions etc. Its opened up my eyes to something I always thought was impossible for me to do. Takes time and practice but it's fun practice.
Great to hear!
To all the prods, he's refferring "routenote" as the tonic
To clarify: Root note = the generating tone or home-note of a chord. Tonic = the generating tone or home-note of a key/scale.
A truly recomend to listen to Argentian Folklore that is based on all the types of 6/8 approches. Like Zamba (very slow tempo) and Chacarera and Chamame (that are medium and fast tempos)
Thanks! Will check
This approach is needed in the greater balance of musical conversation 🙏🙌💪
Hi Max - I really jive with your mental model for this stuff; thanks so much for sharing. Quick question: When you’re listening to - and attempting to improvise over - a song in mixolydian (e.g. B, F#m, A, E, B), is it “okay” to perceive the tonic as the first note in the mixolydian scale (B) or would you recommend training away this tendency until my brain always perceives the tonic as the root of the relative major scale (E)? I guess the same question goes for minor key songs (i.e. do you think of the root of the relative major as their tonic). Thanks again!
Good question! I definitely recommend staying true to your ear's natural inclination in terms of tonic perception. In your example, I would be hearing and thinking of B as the tonic for sure. At the same time, I am aware of the relative modes, but mixolydian is the fact. My experience has consistently taught me to trust my ear above all else. If I perceive B as the tonic, B is the tonic. Trying to force another perspective can be valuable in certain circumstances, but it often results in a mental illusion where I think I'm hearing something that I'm actually not, only to later realize that.
@@maxkonyi thank you for the prompt, thorough, and validating reply. Looking forward to checking out your app when it comes out!
Another thing about inversions to help with learning them for beginners is that they typically give the sensation of wanting to "move somewhere else" without needing leading tones or very dissonant intervals. So if you hear a basic chord or triad that "wants to move" but it isn't a dominant 7th chord or another tension chord that has extensions, then it's most likely an inversion. A trick I use myself is to compare what the different inversions sound like in the context of a chord progression and compare the different options and placements and how they result in feeling rest versus unrest
Yup, I do the same.
Excellent video! Something that may help that second question about feeling chords as a single unit versus individual degrees stacked up and trying to recognize those is that the whole purpose of chords and harmony is to add depth and texture to support a melody, unless that melody is interacting with other voices in counterpoint. The former situation doesn't need chords to be heard as a collection of individual notes, it just needs the root of the chord and quality of the intervals to create a mood effect and it's okay that they're perceived as "blob" of feeling when it comes to melody + chords. But the latter scenario with counterpoint is it's own world that whole university programs have been dedicated to studying haha
Agreed!
You're a genius, thank you for all the fantastic effort you've put in!
My pleasure!
What are the drone sounds you have in your Major and Minor videos? :)
Just stuff I made myself. I've been working on some new ones as well that will be in the upcoming app. It's an interesting process to try and figure out what works best! In my melody course, I also provide a set of all 12 drones, which may actually be the same ones I use in those videos...
When you said: "you can recognize 12 different colors", I thought: "I can't, I'm color blind". It doesn't mean I can't see colors, I just can't recognize the difference between all colors. I'm wondering if there is something similar with audio. As far as I'm aware, I'm color blind because of a physical deficiency, I can't learn to differentiate certain colors no matter how hard I exercise. What if my ear is the same? I've been a musician for 30 years and my ear has always been my weakest ability. And it's not because I have hearing damage, I actually have incredibly sensitive hearing.
It's an interesting question and I don't know the answer. So far I've only encountered a couple of people in my life who seem to have a completely different sense of tonality or pitch than the norm. In those cases, the people don't seem to perceive harmonic relations as consonant or dissonant at all in the way that I do. If you perceive different feeling states in different chords and notes, I imagine you can learn this. It's important to know that my ear was truly bottom of the barrel until I was about 18 or 19 when I began actually trying to train it. I couldn't match pitches with my voice, couldn't sing even basic melodies in tune, couldn't recognize chords or anything similar. Things are different now!
Ok! It's encouraging to know that your ear was once even worse than mine. I will keep at it, thanks for your awesome content! @@maxkonyi
@@morgandavidpatton Thanks! Will do 🌞
As an older musician who has developed 'moderate+' ear skills, but only after decades of lacking them, and only after several failed efforts at obtaining them, I would like to chime in here to say that this young man is the only person I've encountered online who is cogently explaining aural skills development from a perspective that precisely matches my own experience. He doesn't need my validation but if you are someone viewing this video and reading its comments and you are wondering 'Is this correct?' and 'Does this guy know what he is talking about?', then I would say yes it is, and yes he does. I would also reinforce how useful this skillset is to almost anyone who wants to work with music. Even getting the basics down will likely do wonders for your confidence, for your ability to recover from error on the fly, and for your ability quickly transcribe, compose or improvise. About the only thing I have found similarly helpful in improving my musicianship is basso continuo training but that is not as broadly/immediately applicable.
Mcuh appreciated! Thanks for the comment and support.
Awesome thank you
Chacarera!
Hopefully your app will touch on all of the topics you have mentioned.
This first app is specifically for melodic scale degree training. I will tackle other aspects afterwards! It will be my first time releasing an app so I need to keep the scope manageable for now.
This was so great, I watched all three parts. It's so useful to start tying the different feelings /emotions or idiosyncracies really, that each chord, or chord progression has together. One thought I have is that doing this ear training has it affected your enjoyment of music? Are you constantly just hearing intervals and progressions when you listen to music, or can you turn it off and listen to the music without this. Does it remove some of the magic of music? Thanks!!
Good question. Does it affect my enjoyment? No, but the enjoyment is often different than it was and is often more than it was. That being said, I also actively "practice" what I refer to as "baby listening", wherein I listen to music like a baby - completely open and without any concepts of what is happening whatsoever, not even the idea that the experience is something called music or that I'm doing something called listening. This is a powerful and indescribable experience that I recommend to everyone. In normal situations, I still very much groove and vibe with all kinds of music, just enjoying it. However, stuff will spring to mind here and there, even when I'm not in an analysis mode (though I'm kind of always in analysis mode...) but the thing is, I enjoy that aspect. I enjoy "knowing" what I'm hearing, following the chords, the melodic choices, the song structure, and so on. Those aspects don't feel dull to me. Writing beautiful music is one of the primary goals and interests in my life, so all of the automatic analysis that occurs has the quality of feeling relevant and beneficial. To put it short: magic continues to increase but it appears in many different forms.
Im only a couple seconds into the vid lol but something that gave me a slight skill spike in moving from apps to musical context was actually going over the same content in functional ear trainer but in three different ways. First master the lesson while using singing to help if needed and taking as much time as I want. Then still taking my time but only using audiation (no singing or any sort of sounds). Then answering immediatley without any thought or delay. I noticed once I got to the third method it felt completely different, I realized I was doubting my answer almost everytime but it was still correct... that moment of doubt eats up a lot more time than you think when you are trying to analyze something realtime. Once u get over that moment of doubt u will actually be able to keep up with much faster stuff.
Nice! I know exactly what you're talking about
I've viewed all 3 parts and want to thank you for taking the time to put this together. Very well presented.
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed them 🌞
I never realized that I also unconsciously listen for the harmonics in people's voices until you said it. Sometimes I fully zone out of conversations because I'm focusing on it
Stay informed about my upcoming ear training app - Sonofield Ear Trainer: www.sonic-sorcery.com/set
Cant wait to buy it❤
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Nice video. I was humming the note every time you left it unfinished, kinda felt like a compulsion ... 🙂 ...Although, never knew this doesn't come naturally to people, I assumed everyone feels it naturally. Probably because Indian music doesn't really define a specific scale/frequency for a composition, for us shifting octave is such common thing. I am researching similarities/differences between Indian and Western music and landed at this video. Would be great if you could make some content on that.
Interesting idea! I'll think on it. Glad you enjoyed it 🌞
❤ can you show a video of what to expect to see and how to the app basic level to advance ... look forward to it 🎉 thx 😊 Every failure is the path 😅 Like that 😂
Yes I'll have some videos out soon showing how the app works 🌞
As always, Your way of explaining something just cuts through any ambiguity. Love it!
i dont know how much its helping me but whenever im near a humming electrical appliance ive started quietly humming a tritone over it to cause a sense of unease throughout the room
lol I don't normally hum tritones but I do harmonize with anything that hums - fridge, fans, engins, planes, etc.
😂😂😂 I love this
So basically, finding the home note is essentially the first step. Then you can work from their.
Thanks
Two general questions 1. Do I get a confirmation mail if I sign in for the email notification 2. When is the app about to launch ballpark wise (a few days/weeks/months)
1). No, I turned them off. Would you prefer to receive one? 2). Ballpark is within the next two months, possibly very soon depending on a few factors. Beta testing will soon begin...
@@maxkonyiok thanks for the answer 1. No was just wondering if something went wrong with the sign up 2. Sounds good can't wait
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