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A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

You're reading from   A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21 Master the art of music production and advanced mixing techniques to create Billboard-charting records

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234380
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Understanding the Basics
2. Chapter 1: Delving into the FL Studio Mindset and Workflow FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2:Creating Music with FL Studio
4. Chapter 2: From the Piano Roll to the Billboard Charts 5. Chapter 3: Creating Your Signature Sound 6. Chapter 4: Working through Drum Programming and Arrangements 7. Chapter 5: Approaching Melody and Composition Theory 8. Chapter 6: A Billboard-Ready Production Arrangement 9. Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts
10. Chapter 7: Chart-Topping Mixing Techniques 11. Chapter 8: How to Get Records Placed So They Land on Billboard Charts 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding music theory in modern pop music

To start crafting billboard-ready records in FL Studio, I’m going to introduce you to the concept of pop chord progression theory. This hack uses a solid chord progression as a foundation for you to build on as you progress through the production of the track. Creating melodies that work is a framework of modern music theory in current pop music trends, offering a baseline to create sure-fire formulaic productions. In the Creating melodies that work section, I will discuss this in greater detail.

Introducing pop chord regression theory

Throughout history, simple and hypnotizing chord progressions have popular music. The difference between popular music chord progressions and chords you may hear in other genres of music (such as classical or jazz) is that music that makes the Billboard chart follows a simple chord theory rule. Chord progressions should offer simplicity, and make records memorable, catchy, and enjoyable for...

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