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3 Diminished Chords every musician should know (that work on a different premise)
There are 3 diminished chords that work on a completely different premise (than the other regular diminished chords) In this video we discuss the use of these chords in harmonic progressions from the Gospel and Jazz genre. #chords #musictheory #jazz… Read article →
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FAQ mDecks Music
For questions regarding Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro please click here See Music Issue with metronome and other (See Music) Unfortunately we do not know if or when See Music will be operational again. See Music uses MIT’s audio kit to… Read article →
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FAQ Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
For questions regarding products other than Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro please click here. When I use the play along feature on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro I hear only one note at the time, or some other unusual sound. How do… Read article →
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How to Play Rootless Voicings for Jazz Piano & Guitar
Introduction As a piano player you have surely come across chord symbols in jazz standards lead sheets. These chords are embedded with a huge amount of information and trying to interpret the actual meaning of these chords could sometimes be… Read article →
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How to download The Jazz Standards Progressions Book and import the BONUS XML file into Mapping Tonal Harmony on iOS
When you purchase The Jazz Standards Progressions Book in PDF, the download includes a bonus XML file You can import into Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. If you are in iOS (iPad or iPhone) you can import this Xml file into… Read article →
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The Universal Encyclopedia of Scales by mDecks Music
The Universal Encyclopedia of Scales is a fully interactive PDF containing all 2048 scales in music, organized over the circle of fifths, with 2600+ pages of information. The encyclopedia includes chapters on scale theory, several master indexes by mode count… Read article →
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Target Notes Practice for Improvisation & Ear Training
One of the best ear training exercises you can do to learn jazz standards and improvisation is Target Notes. Imagine this melodic line over the progression: We could use our classification method to classify each note against their respective chord. But this would be a… Read article →
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We wish you a merry Christmas Jazz Version Tutorial using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
If you want to adapt popular music to jazz, the best approach is to think of the harmonic functions (rather than just the chords) and then use techniques of tonal harmony. In the following video we show how to turn… Read article →
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Upper Structures over complete Jazz Standards Progressions
There are many ways to expand and develop a chord-voicings vocabulary. A standard approach is to stack simple structures (triads, quartals, dyads) on top of other simple ones, thus creating a richer color palette for your voicings. These structures are… Read article →
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Two amazing Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro ADD-ONS
Starting on version 7.8.8, Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro macOS now offers two incredible and unprecedented add-ons: Upper Structures & Target Notes These are two powerful features to study and practice tonal harmony. View Mapping Tonal Harmony’s webpage The new add-ones… Read article →
