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How to play chords using Upper Structure Triads. “An original approach by mDecks Music”
For a piano player, knowing how to voice chords is an essential skill, not only for comping (accompanying or laying the chord progression for others player to improvise over), but also to use those voicings as an improvisational aid. All… Read article →
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No sound on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7 iOS? Solution: Download latest version
Please make sure you iPad or iPhone are not muted (bell icon on the iPad, physical mute on the iPhone) or in “DO NOT DISTURB” mode (moon icon) Read article →
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How to import progressions in xml format into Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro iOS
Now in version 7.7.0 you can use the ADD-ONS feature to purchase and import fully analyzed progressions into your catalogue from within the app You may still import the xml files from the macOS version as before In this… Read article →
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Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7 for iOS iPad & iPhone (Manual)
What’s new in version 7.8.8 (soon to be available) The new version 7.8.8 (already waiting for review on the App Store) will offer four AMAZING ADD-ONS: 1000+ Jazz Standard Progressions Bird Bebop Progressions Upper Structures Target Notes Now you can import… Read article →
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The Bird Bebop Progressions Book in PDF format
After The Jazz Standard Progressions Book series was published it was only natural to take a closer look at the harmonic vocabulary used in Bebop repertoire. In the mid-1940s Bebop musicians revolutionized jazz with the use of complex harmonies,… Read article →
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How to play Piano Voicings using Upper Structures. Introduction
Here’s the complete lesson in video format In this series we are going to talk about Piano Voicings, specifically voicings that use upper structures. It’s said that the average piano player spends 2 to 3 hours daily, searching for… Read article →
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Politonus III: Ear Training for Scales & Modes
Politonus III is the 3rd volume in the Politonus Ear Training Series by mDecks Music. While Politonus I is a multi pitch ear training to help you develop tonal ear training (perfect and relative pitch) and Politonus II is dedicated to Intervals, Triads… Read article →
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Politonus II: A different Ear Training app
Ear training is an essential skill for every musician. Being able to identify groups of notes as one sound-type is not only useful when listening but also when writing and composing music. There are three fundamental structures that we must be… Read article →
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The Jazz Standards Progressions Book in 18 Volumes (PDF & Paperback)
Every Jazz Musician knows what a Fake-book is. We’ve all played songs based on lead-sheets, where the chords are just an approximation of what really is going on in the song’s progression. Although Jazz harmony is very similar to Traditional Tonal… Read article →
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How to import any song into Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro Audio-Sync (even DRM protected files and Apple Music songs)
For some reason some songs in your iTunes library are DRM protected. If you enable the Kind column on your iTunes Library you see the file type for every song. In the example above Nimbus 2000 is a Protected AAC audio file. There’s… Read article →
