Frank for example always does the V-I followed by III-II-I set of intervals in his verse melodies, Channel Orange and Blonde are full of em

It’s a Frank staple but it helps create that Frank vibe we love so much. Doing this actually makes for a stronger artistic identity. Don’t get me started on YoungBoy’s great use of signature intervals that people try to slander him for

not saying that he doesnt go outside his range, but these def are not really examples of crazy range; most of the clips are literally right in his range

OP doesnt know what a chord is btw

KOTF - DaHeala
TYF - Illangelo, Kanye, Mike Dean
Reminder - Doc, Cirkut, Mano
Heartless - Illangelo, Metro
Often - Ben Billions, DaHeala
Starboy - Daft Punk

All are his trap songs except Starboy

To be fair frank hate comes from a handful of goobers

funny thing is his argument kinda stands with Earned It & Call Out My Name, the tracks have the same tempo, chord progression, waltz like beat signature, the only thing that differentiates them is the vocal melody and production

but that doesn't mean they're the same track lmao, there are still some qualitites that make the tracks distinct from each other

He should have spent more time clarifying where it comes from, but there is some truth to it since traditionally black music is based a lot on blues, which uses the pentatonic scale and more minor keys than traditionally white music

It's about using what you have correctly, which Abel and team do perfectly almost all the time

If you play any given weeknd song stripped down on piano, you're gonna get bored fast. That's why everything around the chords is so important

Well yeah, he's a popartist

Chords are nothing more than a set of directions telling the music where to go. It's up to the artist/team to make these chords special

i unstan

i now stan andrew youtube man

crying how some of yall are defending this 😭😭😭😭

You will find examples of this throughout any pop singers discography, they all have their little niches

Taylor's is literally one note

She loves one note melodies

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

Why does it seem like people with the best knowledge of music theory make mid music while the ones with the most basic understanding of it are the ones who make great music

Look at his music bro literally youtube garbage tier lmfaooo

I agree on the video

Those were the first i thought of where he let his vocals go but yeah you're right

pretty common sense to be able to notice he makes the same s*** over and over again

Because when you learn music theory on a pretty regular basis (like myself who had to take 4 semesters), you’re filling your head up with a bunch of music “rules” that you’re taught from the get go.

“This chord has to go to this chord, these notes can’t go in this order, you can’t use that chord there!”

Having all of these rules stuffed into your head will inevitably create blockages if you ever try and make your own music. You’ll have an idea but then that idea will be shut down when you remember your theory teacher 3rd semester told you that you’re not allowed to use parallel fifths.

People who don’t have the constraints of formal music theory just play what they think sounds good, and that’s why a lot of it works because it just comes from natural musical intuition that your brain made up and decided you liked. It may be formally wrong but who gives a s***? It sounds great!

still goat