In this video, Liveschool trainer Yama Indra (aka GLOVES) takes you through a technique of sampling chords to create chord progressions that has been an essential ingredient of dance music since day one, clearly explaining the theory and history behind it as he goes. Yama goes through examples of this technique being used in tracks by Julio Bashmore, Disclosure and Kerri Chandler then easily recreates the progressions using a chord he samples from a classic soul track by The Commodores. After showing you how it’s done, Yama then uses of both Max4Live and the new ‘convert harmony to midi’ feature in Ableton Live 9 to freshen up the technique to 2013.

Enough talk – the video tells the story! Enjoy.

https://vimeo.com/67896650

Yama Indra teaches the MUSIC THEORY: For Electronic Music Production course here at Ableton Liveschool in Sydney, covering the essential techniques and concepts for making and understanding electronic music, cutting out all the irrelevant theory and arming you with skills to improve the impact of your tunes.

Next intake: 23rd July.

Check out our last tutorial with Trap producers What So Not right here!