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New to Jazz? Here’s How to Play Drop 2 and 4 Jazz Piano Voicings
Introduction Drop 2 and 4 voicings are very effective and consistent, and ideal for beginners to start grasping what each chord in a jazz standard is made of. Let’s take a look at Afternoon In Paris chord by chord and… Continue reading
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Harmony of Beethoven. Beethoven’s Killer Opening in Symphony No.1 in C Major
How did Beethoven write the opening for this first symphony in C major? Learn Beethoven’s harmony and how tonality works. Continue reading
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How to Play Piano Chords in 12 Levels (using different techniques from Beginner to Insane)
Here’s a short list of how to play piano chords in 12 levels, using different techniques from beginner to insane. What are the 12 levels of playing chords at the piano? Root Position | Closed Voicings Inversions Open Voicings |… Continue reading
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How to use the Circle of Fifths for Scales & Modes
Introduction The Circle of Fifths is one of the most powerful tools we half to represent our 12-tone system. By stacking perfect fifths you get all the notes in western music. Using the circle of fifths to show scales allows… Continue reading
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How to Play Upper Structure Triads on Piano
How to play upper structure triads on the piano? 1. Find the correct chord/chord-scale pairing for the chord. 2. Classify your notes into inside note and outside notes. 3. Within the inside notes determine which is the root, the guide-tones,… Continue reading
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Pat Metheny on Piano. How to play, compose & sound like Pat Metheny on the piano. Piano Tutorial.
In this new series we will explore the Harmony and Voicings of Pat Metheny applied to the piano. These are intermediate to advanced piano lessons. So, join us and learn more about the harmonic techniques used by Metheny. One of… Continue reading
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Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 8 Tutorial
Learn how Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro works on iOS Continue reading
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A Piano Reharmonization of Imagine (John Lennon)
We wrote an easy piano arrangement of Imagine by John Lennon using some of the essential Reharmonization Techniques we usually talk on our mDecks Music Youtube Channel Things like: Modal Interchange (a.k.a. Borrowing from minor) • Secondary Dominants • Considering… Continue reading
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An Endless Resource Of Music Theory Content
mDecks Music‘s “Exclusive Access” YouTube Membership now offers a really cool deal: An ever-growing resource library of music theory content with plenty of music theory material to take your music knowledge to the next level, from Sheet Music • Worksheets… Continue reading
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How to create a chart in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 8 (iPad)
Here’s a step by step tutorial on how to create a chart in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 8 on an iPad Pro using “Alone Together”. We go chord by chord showing the features in the app and at the same… Continue reading
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