How To Turn Your Loop Into A Song #3 - Production and Arrangement

Summary

この動画は、音楽制作者にとって一般的な問題を解決する方法を紹介しています。好みのコード進行、ドラムのリズム、ベースのループがあるにもかかわらず、それをどのように展開して完全な曲にするかという問題に焦点を当てています。3つのテクニックを提案し、ループを延長し、構造を与え、より興味深い曲を作成する方法を解説しています。楽器を演奏してインスピレーションを得ることや、リズムと音の要素を慎重に考慮することが重要です。また、曲のセクション間の遷移や、アーレンジメントを試みることで、曲をより豊かにするためのアドバイスも含まれています。

Takeaways

• 🎹 ループから曲全体を作成する最初のステップとして、楽器で演奏してみることが推奨されています。これにより新しいメロディーやコードが生まれるかもしれません。
• 🎚️ 音楽制作において、リズムと音色を注意深く考慮することが重要です。これにより、トラック全体の調和が取れ、無秩序になることが防げます。
• 🏷️ 基本的なアレンジメントを設定することで、曲作りのプロセスが一種のパズルのように進められ、創造的なアイデアが整理しやすくなります。
• 🎵 FL Studioや他のDAWを使用して、構造にマーカーを追加することで、イントロ、ヴァース、コーラスなど曲の異なるセクションを明確に区別できます。
• 🔊 異なる音楽セクションでのトランジションを滑らかにするためには、エフェクトやサウンドの変更が効果的です。例えば、ピアノコードを逆再生することで、より創造的な導入部が作れます。
• 📝 曲の各部分に新しい要素を導入することで、聞き手の興味を引き続けることができます。このプロセスは、曲のダイナミクスを豊かにし、単調さを避けるのに役立ちます。
• 🎸 実際の楽器を使用して曲に深みを加えると、トラックがよりオーガニックでリアルな感じになります。例えば、ギターでシンプルなメロディーを加えることで、コーラスが豊かになります。
• 🔁 アレンジメントを複数持つことで、異なる音楽的アプローチを試しやすくなります。これにより、最終的にどのアレンジメントが最も効果的かを選ぶことができます。
• 👂 ボーカリストが参加する予定がある場合は、彼らが自分の芸術性を追加しやすいように、トラックに十分な空間を残すことが重要です。
• 🔄 制作中にさまざまな要素を試しながら、フレキシブルにアプローチすることで、創造性を最大限に引き出すことができます。セーブとリロードを活用して、アイデアを自由に探求しましょう。

Q & A

この動画で紹介されるループを拡張する方法は何ですか？

この動画では、楽器でループを演奏することでインスピレーションを得る方法、リズムと音色を考慮に入れた楽曲のアレンジメント、そして基本的な曲構成を添加する方法など、3つのテクニックが紹介されています。

MIDIキーボードを使用してループを演奏する際にどのような効果が期待できますか？

MIDIキーボードを使用してループを演奏することで、新しいコードやメロディが生まれる可能性があります。また、演奏する楽器によって思いつかないアイデアが浮かび上がり、曲にインスピレーションを与えることができます。

この動画で提案された曲の構造の例は何ですか？

動画で提案された曲の構造の例には、イントロ、バース、コーラス、そしてブリッジが含まれます。これらのセクションは、曲の進行やリズムの変化を効果的に表現するために使用されます。

リズムと音色を考慮する際に、どのような要素を大切にすべきですか？

リズムと音色を考慮する際には、その楽曲のジャンルや独自性に合わせて、適切な楽器の選択や音のレイヤーの構築を大切にすべきです。また、リズムの変化を用いて楽曲にダイナミックさをもたらすことが重要です。

Outlines

00:00

🎵 音楽制作のループから完全な曲への転換方法

この段落では、音楽制作において一般的に遭遇する問題として、好みのコード進行、ドラムのリズム、ベースループがあるにもかかわらず、どのようにそれらを展開して完全な曲にすることが難しいという問題を取り上げています。この動画では、ループを長くし、構造を与え、より興味深い曲を作成するための3つの技術や戦略を紹介します。最初に提案されているのは、楽器を演奏することで、インスピレーションを得る方法です。楽器を演奏することによって、コード進行やメロディに新しいアイデアが生まれる可能性があります。

05:01

🎶 リズムと音のトーン在选择と曲のアレンジに重要な役割

この段落では、音楽制作において最も重要な要素であるリズムと音のトーンについて説明しています。リズムとトーンは、曲の中での役割によって区別され、リズム的要素とトーンを追加することで曲のアレンジが決まります。例えば、新しいシンセサイザーの使用や、ベースの追加、ドラムの変更など、様々な方法を試して曲を豊かにしていきます。また、曲の全体的なバランスを考慮し、ミドルレンジが多すぎて、ハイエンドとローエンドが足りない場合、ベースを追加することでバランスを取ることができます。

10:01

🎼 曲のセクション間の遷移と曲のアレンジの試み

この段落では、曲のセクション間の遷移や曲のアレンジを試みる方法について説明しています。FL StudioなどのDAWで複数のプレイリストを使用して、曲のイントロ、ヴァース、コーラスなどのセクションを分割し、それぞれに異なる音や効果を追加する方法が紹介されています。また、曲の進行に新しい要素を追加し、セクション間の遷移をより自然にすることが重要とされています。最後に、曲のイントロ部分でより慎重に曲を紹介し、リバーブを追加することで曲の響きを改善し、全体的な曲の印象を良くします。

15:02

🎤 ボーカルの追加と曲の完成へのアプローチ

最後の段落では、ボーカルの追加と曲の完成へのアプローチについて話されています。曲のヴァースが短いため、全ての要素を2倍に延長し、曲の進行に新しいボーカルを追加する余地を確保する必要性について説明されています。また、ギターを使用してchorusに環境音を追加し、曲により自然な響きを与える方法が提案されています。全体的に、曲のアレンジがどのように進化し、最終的に完成する過程が詳細に説明されています。

Keywords

💡chord progression

和音進行は、音楽において和声を構築する音符の連続です。このビデオでは、良い和音進行を見つけることを重要視し、それを基に曲を展開する方法が説明されています。

💡drum groove

ドラムグルーヴは、音楽においてリズムとビートのパターンを指します。このビデオでは、ドラムグルーヴが曲のリズムを定義し、曲の流れを作り出す要素とされています。

💡structure

音楽の構造は、曲の構成やセクションの並び方を指します。このビデオでは、セクション間の転換や、イントロ、ヴァース、コーラスなどのセクションの作り方など、曲の構造を意識して作成することが重要です。

💡MIDI keyboard

MIDIキーボードは、電子楽器の一種で、コンピュータに接続して音楽を制作するために使用されます。ビデオでは、MIDIキーボードを使ってループを演奏し、創作のインスピレーションを得る方法が紹介されています。

💡FL Studio 20

FL Studio 20は、音楽制作ソフトウェアのひとつで、音楽プロデューサーが曲を制作するために使用されます。このビデオでは、FL Studio 20を使用して、基本的なループから完全な曲にしていく方法が示されています。

💡rhythm

リズムは、音楽においてビートや拍子のパターンを指します。このビデオでは、リズムを考慮して曲を構築し、曲の流れやエネルギーを変える方法が重要視されています。

💡atmospheric

大気的な（atmospheric）とは、音楽が環境や雰囲気を表現し、聴衆に特定の感覚を与えることを指します。このビデオでは、大気的なムードを作り出すことが、曲の魅力を高める要素とされています。

💡bass

ベースは、音楽において低域の音を担当する楽器またはパートを指します。このビデオでは、ベースを追加することで、曲の低域を豊かにし、音のバランスを整えることができます。

💡synth

シンセサイザー（synth）は、電子楽器の一種で、人工的に生成された音を作り出すことができます。ビデオでは、シンセサイザーを使用して、曲に新しい音色やリズムを加え、音楽的表现を豊かにしています。

💡arrangement

編曲（arrangement）は、音楽において、曲の各パートやセクションをどうやって組合わせるかを決定するプロセスを指します。このビデオでは、基本的な編曲を作り、曲の流れや感情を表現するために、異なる要素を試行錯誤する方法が示されています。

💡transition

転換（transition）は、音楽において、曲のセクション間を滑らかにつなげる手法です。このビデオでは、セクション間の転換を意識して作ることで、曲の流れがより自然に感じられるようにすることが重要視されています。

Highlights

The video discusses techniques to expand music loops into full songs.

It's common for producers to get stuck in 4 or 8 bar loops.

The first step to break out of a loop is to play it on an instrument.

Playing an instrument can lead to inspiration even without proficiency.

The video uses FL Studio 20 for demonstration, but the techniques are universal.

Adding notes to a loop can create a transition and momentum.

Changing the order of chords in a progression can lead to new preferences.

Staying open to change is crucial to avoid getting stuck in loop patterns.

The video introduces the concept of adding structure to a song with markers.

Different song structures are outlined in the video description.

The rhythm and tone of samples and sounds are essential to consider in production.

The video emphasizes the importance of balancing mid-range, high, and low ends in a track.

Adding layers and elements gradually helps shape the song.

The video suggests using strings to inspire further creative ideas.

The arrangement process involves experimenting with different elements and transitions.

The video concludes with the idea of leaving space for a vocalist in the track.

The video provides a practical guide for producers to develop their musical ideas.

Transcripts

hello and welcome back to the channel

today I'm doing a loop to song video

after talking to lots of producers I

find that it's very common to get a

chord progression you like a drum groove

a bass loop and you really like it but

you don't really know how to break free

from that loop and actually turn it into

a full song you're just sort of stuck in

a 4 or 8 bar loop so in this video I'm

going to be showing you sort of 3

techniques or strategies that you can

use to try and lengthen these loops out

give them a bit of structure and

hopefully create something a lot more

interesting without further delay let's

just get right into it let's start by

just hearing the loop that I started

with it's just on piano and I'm using my

template so I've got piano and a couple

of drum samples but there's no other

instruments or anything else loaded up

here and I'm using FL Studio 20 but

these techniques work in any DOW so you

can hear that it's just three chords

it's looking around first step to break

out of this loop is to try and play it

on an instrument even if you're not very

proficient on an instrument whenever

I've recommended to one of my students

that they do this even if they're not

very well trained or they or they don't

understand music theory just playing

along on an instrument it always leads

to some sort of inspiration so I'm going

to set my camera up here and I'm gonna

play this on my MIDI keyboard the door

can sometimes see a little bit difficult

to be completely creative in so if you

can play an instrument the piano guitar

saxophone whatever it is play along jam

along to your loop see if you add in any

sort of little imperfections or nice

melodies or chords that you like I want

to create something on the piano that

feels a little bit more more like me so

this was our first loop I'll just put

the metronome on

[Music]

and what I'm gonna try to do is just add

in other law notes see if something else

comes to mind

already I like that as a transition

[Music]

you

that already feels like it has a little

more momentum than the original basic

three chords so that could be one idea

now I'm trying to think of the whole

song so I don't want to stay slow like

that I'm gonna try some different

rhythms that was interesting tried a

different chord there I'm going to

actually try skipping that second chord

changing the order of the chords off a

little bit

actually I prefer this chord progression

more than the first one

let's see if that works with that temple

well it's already too slow

so I'm going to just speed up the song

feels about right

you

[Music]

so I actually much prefer this new chord

progression to the old one I had and

might still use the old one in a

different part of the song it might work

really well in the bridge or something

but this is another lesson is try not to

get stuck in your ways to stay open to

change because if you're not open to

changing things your loop will always

just stay a loop I've just cut out a

minute just to save some time in this

tutorial so I've got my new three

patterns so I'll show you this new one

here and I'll show you a few extra

little things I've done to it I've sort

of rolled some of the notes so if you

look here it just adds a little bit more

of a human element to it it makes it

feel not so much like a loop and now

I've got three different patterns so I

have this new pattern that I just came

up with the first pattern and then the

first pattern with that alternate ending

so now what I'm gonna do is add some

structure by adding some markers in for

different sections of the song intro

verse chorus verse there's many

different structures you can follow in

the description of this video I've

written out a few different common

structures for songs so I just select a

little section at the top that's control

left click and drag I press Alt + T and

then add in a marker first one is going

to be called intro then after a bar or

two I'm gonna put in another one called

verse for exact information about how

many bars and measures and beats I'm

skipping between placing these markers

just look in the description it will all

be written down there so I'm gonna take

those first sets of chords I had and

just move those over to the bridge and

for now I'm just going to copy and paste

all my other chords all the way along so

now I have the whole structure laid out

at least a sort of provisional structure

and already you've sort of broken out of

that loop the second part of this

tutorial is about considering the rhythm

and the tone you want to have and then

filling out the whole arrangement with

fresh ideas and fresh musical parts I

find that when it comes to production

the most important things to consider

are just the rhythm and the tone of the

samples and the sounds you're using

consider whether an element is a

rhythmic element or whether it's adding

a tone to the song or whether it's both

I'm going to give a few examples here

I've got the same drum loop playing the

same pattern but with different tone

different drum samples and you'll hear

how

some of them sound a little bit better

than others some might sound more

appropriate for one type of song so here

we go just based on those short examples

you can hear that it's really important

to consider the tone and the rhythm and

how these two actually combine in your

loop I find with the beginners it's very

common to just add in any sound that you

think sounds cool and then you end up

with a song that doesn't really make

sense so definitely listen to some music

you like and think about you know the

guitar tone as well as the guitar rhythm

how the synth is being played as well as

the sound of the synth itself so in this

song I want to have quite an atmospheric

moody sort of vibe I don't want to go

too high energy at the start but I need

something to keep this rhythm because

right now if I turn the metronome off

it's actually difficult to know when the

chords change so I'm going to open up a

new synth

because I need something to let me know

when those chords are supposed to change

I'm gonna use serum because I'm very

very familiar with serum when producing

I think it's important to use a good

blend of sounds that you're familiar

with that you know you can rely on and

also once you're completely unfamiliar

whether and see when it throws into the

mix I've pulled up this simple sine

pulse that I've created in the past and

I'm just going to use that sort of as a

metronome to keep time I like the way it

creates rhythm so if I just press play

with a metronome I'll show you the sort

of idea I have so let's just add that

into a pattern something you'll see me

doing is naming and colouring whilst I'm

adding things into my template it just

makes life a lot easier for me later on

so my latency is pretty high but

actually I'm going to just try recording

this on the MIDI keyboard

so that seemed to work okay so I'm just

gonna copy the copy and paste that

across the whole song I just select it

and then press control B and it just

keeps pace to get into the next pattern

and just for clarity this is more of a

rhythmic element than a tonal element

the tone is just there to be unobtrusive

but the rhythm lets you know when those

chord changes are going to happen you're

going to help the song make more sense

without needing a drum from the start

because if I start right away with a

kick and snare pattern this song is just

going to be really overwhelming now when

I consider the whole balance of the song

we've got a lot of mid-range not a lot

of high and no low end at all so I'm

just gonna right away just get a bass

into here again I'm gonna use serum just

to save time I'm just going to select it

here press ctrl C I'm gonna press f4 to

create a base pattern put that into my

base down here now with serum selected

I'm going to press control V and it's

going to copy those notes across into

the piano roll I'm just going to delete

the top notes and I should be left with

the sub so I've named it I've sent it to

the mixer taking it down in volume

because it was a little bit loud and I'm

not going to start with that I'm just

gonna introduce that in the chorus we've

got a little bit of variety in the song

as the chorus hits him we get a bit more

bass simple

[Music]

and this really is just a tonal element

it's just adding this warm thick tone

under the track is definitely not a

rhythmic baseline at all I do feel that

in the chorus at least the song needs

drums I don't have anything in mind but

as long as you let go of that sort of

illusion of control and just try things

there's no harm at anytime you can just

go file save a new version and you can

always jump back to this old version if

you mess something up so let's just add

in a kick and a snare and see where that

takes us so let's try something

different

[Music]

okay that's not bad but the drum samples

themselves don't match so I could search

for new drum samples for ages or I could

just quickly filter off the top of the

kick and the snare so those are the

drums that come in during the chorus so

I'm going to copy those across to the

second chorus in the second chorus I

might add in a hi-hat or something

different but already we're taking a

little bit of shape here I do feel that

this track is a bit sparse I'm gonna add

some more layers so again I'm just going

to serum use any synth you have but I'm

just trying to use stuff I know because

I don't know what I'm doing entirely for

this one I've just chosen this analog

pad that I like and again I'm just gonna

go to that piano copy create a new

pattern pad so that's named it's colored

sent to the mixer and let's just take a

listen to how this sounds so I won't put

this on at the intro but I might start

this during the verse must take a listen

to this okay that sounds really nice and

warm

[Music]

so there's no real change going into the

chorus so I might just cut away the pad

maybe even cut away the piano going into

the chorus okay we definitely need more

noise there so something I tend to do

when I start struggling is try adding in

strings even if I don't keep it in the

final song it tends to inspire something

from me

so I've added in the same chords as the

piano but I've just added in a few extra

notes and sort of basic melody to see if

that makes it sound a little bit better

[Music]

[Music]

okay so that's starting to work a little

bit better let's copy those strings

across to the chorus it might end up

being that the final chorus gets those

strings but not anything else

now the Keen amongst you will have

noticed that I copied the verse chords

into the bridge so what I'm going to do

is make this pad here unique and I'm

going to copy the bridge chords into

these pads here instead and now I have

this bridge section which is just gives

some chordal relief to the song almost

just a different sound entirely

[Music]

it's also important that right now I

mean I'm just using headphones I'm not

considering the mixing as much as that

sounds like an excuse I can make all

this stuff sound punchy or wide or thick

or 3d later right now I'm just trying to

be creative and come up with ideas I'm

trying to add in sounds that I think

mashed together a little bit while I'm

not adding searing leads over the top of

this or ripping guitar solos because I

don't think it's appropriate and the

third part is to mess around with the

arrangement and try a few different

ideas so in FL studio at least there's

multiple playlists so up in here

playlist arrangement what you can do is

you can clone a playlist just call it

arrangement - now I can say I delete

this part of the chorus here I can go

back to arrangement one and it's still

there so what I'm gonna do is try adding

a few more elements may be changing the

intro something like that so I'm

actually gonna add some staccato strings

and just entirely change the rhythm for

these strings I'm going to be using

these Takato strings inside flax they

sound really really good just like that

so this is what I end up with

[Music]

[Music]

now the reason I chose a second

arrangement to do this will become

apparent right now I can switch between

the two and just see which one I prefer

[Music]

now I think is maybe cool but I don't

actually think it's appropriate so I

don't need to delete anything mute

anything I can just go back to the first

arrangement now although this

arrangement is very simple you can

probably see that the idea is most of

the time start with you know less stuff

add in add in more stuff let it drop

away again add more stuff back in that's

usually how it works it doesn't mean

that your verse has to be quiet and your

chorus has to be loud you could still

have a big wall of energy the whole time

but it's really good to keep introducing

new elements as the song progresses

another thing to consider in this third

step is how you transition your song

from section to section because right

now mine just sort of throws itself into

the next section so we're going to look

at the intro I want to introduce the

song a little bit more subtly than

although that's actually quite nice I'm

going to just print out this chord and

reverse it into itself very very simple

so I'm just recording this piano into an

Edison

just gonna select that can reverse it

add some reverb

to it accept that and let's hear what

this sounds like I'm just going to add

some reverb to that sample just to make

it sound a little bit better and I'm

gonna start with that pulse so let's

take a listen to this

[Music]

so there's still loads of space for an

artist to sing on top probably something

rather sad maybe sort of inspirational

kind of music there's plenty of room for

them to sing what I do notice is that my

verses are far too short so something

I'm going to do is just drag over

everything and probably just make

everything twice as long I feel that

that song is slow it doesn't need to

jump into the chorus right away I just

had a little bit of an idea so I've got

my guitar something I'm gonna do to try

and add a little bit ambience to this

chorus a little bit or maybe a little

bit more high-end even I've got a

channel set up here for my guitar what

if I go just with a load of reverb so

I'm just gonna play a couple of notes

and I'm just gonna see if I can fill out

the chorus with a little bit of just

just a little bit of melody I suppose

[Music]

it's really just something simple like

that I won't be able to record it whilst

the cameras running it's way too much

latency but I'll record that now and

show you what I came up with so let's

listen to what I recorded very simple

but here we go

[Music]

[Music]

so I'm not completely in love with the

playing you know give me a break from on

camera but I actually I think that

already that just sounds so much more

organic so much more real and to be

honest I'm probably gonna try and turn

this into an actual song so I guess the

video worked anyway thank you very much

for watching I do hope this worked so

again those three snaps try to play it

on an instrument because you never know

what will happen you might come up with

entirely new chords or melodies try to

consider carefully the rhythm and tone

you want to go for in your tracks so

that you're not just putting loads of

cool ideas together but that those cool

ideas make sense together and then try

to give yourself a basic arrangement so

that it's almost like a puzzle that you

have to fill out and make sure that at

all times that you leave space for a

vocalist if they're going to be joining

the track later and singing you don't

want to fill up the track completely and

make it a challenge for them to add

their own artistry on top of the track

so thank you very much for watching I

hope that helped and I hope to see you

in the next video - bye for now

you

[Music]