Christian music theory!

Hey everyone! So today, I’m going to share with you all some Christian music theory tips. 

Before we get into it, let’s have our moment of silence. 

At this time, I would like all of us to take a moment of silence and pray to God to help us to follow him throughout all of our lives. Take a minimum of 5 minutes and pray for this. 

Now back to the show

Christian music theory

So Christian music theory is the same as every other music theory that there is. 

It’s just that it’s used in a different manner. 

There are some people out there who believe that music theory for Christians should be different than other types of music. 

Like, I know for a fact that my church believes that using tritones is not good mainly because it’s called the devil’s interval. 

They also prefer to make all of their songs happy and follow that strictly. 

And I understand a little bit of their theory and in a way I agree with it. 

However, they do it to the point where they don’t use minor chords or minor intervals in their songwriting because they think that it’s too sad. 

I don’t think that’s the way to write songs either. 

Because though minor chords and minor intervals can sound sad, they can be used to create great emotion. 

Don’t get me wrong, major intervals and chords are absolutely needed in order to make a song sound great, both major and minor are needed. 

But minor chords and intervals just add some emotion that major tonalities could never do. 

And I’ll be honest with you, I would like to make songs the way that my church says it to be. 

However, I’m not going to restrict to just major tonalities just because it’s happy. 

A minor tonality, though sad in nature, can be used in a happy way is what I’m trying to say.

And there are plenty of happy songs that use minor tonalities in it and they are used in church music too, it’s just that it’s not as exaggerated in some songs as other songs. 

So with that being said, here are some basic rules to follow in music theory for Christian musicians

Keep the melodies simple

Remember to never underestimate the power of a simple melody. 

Don’t underestimate the power of a simple melody because the simple melodies are the ones that hit the hardest. 

Start off low and end up high

So in a way, you should be building up your music to the chorus, falling for the verses and then building up to the final chorus all the way at the end. 

And make the last chorus really powerful. 

Keep the chords simple

A good foundation to base your song out of is a good chord foundation. 

And keeping the chords to a maximum of 4 chords really make a great song, especially if you know which chords to play.

Of course this isn’t a hard a fast rule because I know of plenty of songs that use more than just 4 chords and they are hits. 

Play from within the pocket on the drums for the most part. 

So the drums should be played from within the pocket for most of the time because it helps to establish a groove in the song. 

It helps to establish the groove in the right places. 

And if you keep it there, it will sound good. 

Of course add fills and rhythmic add ins whenever needed.

Remake a whole bunch of music

I once heard of an inventor who said, “First replicate, then innovate.” 

So if you want to get better at music, first start off by doing a whole bunch of covers and remakes of your favorite songs. 

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