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Reharmonization Techniques using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
Harmonizing and re-harmonizing a melody is an essential skill for performers, jazz players, arrangers and composers. One of the most important aspects (after creativity) in creating harmonies and harmonic embellishments is the level of proficiency one possesses in Tonal Harmony.… Read article →
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Mapping Tonal Harmony in Music Education
Imagine an interactive harmony map that reveals the secrets of tonal harmony, where every harmonic function is placed coherently through-out the map, respecting the rules of tonality in such a way that any tonal song is in front of your… Read article →
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The major scale in depth
The Major Scale is one of the most-often-used scales. We will take a look at this scale and its modes using Tessitura Pro by mDecks Music If you rather watch a video here’s the entire explanation in our YouTube channel… Read article →
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How To Practice Polyrhythms
source: http://mdecks.com How to Practice Polyrhythms. A cool method to create a practice workout for any polyrhythm, be it 3 against 2 or 13 against 7 Click to access polyrhythms.pdf visit mDecks for plenty of Music Apps and Music Books… Read article →
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Blame It On My Youth play-along (created using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro)
source: http://mdecks.com/mapharmony.phtml This play-along was created using the smart player on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 6.7 for iPad & iPad Pro In this video we are showing Chord-Scales with Functional Notation. Do you want to practice “Blame It On My… Read article →
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Yardbird Suite play-along
source: http://mdecks.com/mapharmony.phtml This play-along was created using the smart player on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 6.7 for iPad & iPad Pro Do you want to practice “Yardbird Suite” in all keys at any tempo? What is the harmonic progression in… Read article →
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Just In Time play-along
source: http://mdecks.com/mapharmony.phtml This play-along was created using the smart player on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 6.7 for iPad & iPad Pro Do you want to practice “Just In Time” in all keys at any tempo? What is the harmonic progression… Read article →
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“Perdido” Jazz Standard Play-Along
source: http://mdecks.com/mapharmony.phtml Do you want to practice “Perdido” in all keys at any tempo? What is the harmonic progression in the song? Study (or teach) tonal harmony with a map that reveals the secret of tonality. Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro… Read article →
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What Is E-Sharp? Why We Use E♯ Instead of F
We all know that E♯ sounds the same as F. So why would anyone write E♯ when F is so much easier to read? The answer is simple: Context. Without context, a note is basically just pitch and rhythm, and there… Read article →
