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Troubleshooting Audio Issues in See Music (sight-reading app)
See Music is a complex app that listens to you playing an instrument or singing and then gives you instant note-by-note feedback on your performance In order for See Music to work properly the audio inputs and outputs on your… Read article →
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Example 2: Audio-Sync with multiple repetitions of the form
This is example 2 on how to sync an audio track to a progression in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. In case you haven’t read the previous post, here’s a link: How to sync progressions to audio tracks in Mapping Tonal… Read article →
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How to sync progressions to audio tracks in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
Before you read this post please make sure you take a look at the previous post: Audio-Sync in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7.5 In order to sync a progression in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro to an audio track you need… Read article →
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Audio-Sync in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7.5
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7.5 can now sync audio tracks with harmonic progressions. This new feature is great for developing a better understanding of tonal harmony while listening to real-life examples from the masters performed by great musicians. Troubleshooting… Read article →
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Playing Scales vs. Playing Out of Scales
I’ve been asked many times “Why do I need to learn and practice scales?” or “Why do I need to understand chords-scales and tonal harmony?” Some other people complain about the chord-scale theory, saying that they don’t want to play… Read article →
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Lush Life Chords & Harmonic Analysis: Billy Strayhorn’s Jazz Standard Explained
Explore the chords and harmonic structure of Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life, with functional and chord-symbol maps showing how one of jazz’s richest progressions works. Read article →
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Can We Have a IVmaj7 Chord With an Ionian Chord-Scale?
Here’s a musical concept nobody taught me at school. While analyzing 1000+ jazz tunes for The Jazz Standards Progressions Book, I noticed a great number of songs in major keys tonicize the IV degree at the beginning of the bridge.… Read article →
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A New Symbol in Harmonic Analysis
In the process of writing The Jazz Standards Progressions Book Series I realized the need to express a very common harmonic event with a new symbol. So far we had solid and dotted arrows and brackets to express II-V relationships… Read article →
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100 Essential Jazz Standards
Since the release of The Jazz Standards Progressions Book where I analyzed 1000+ songs I have been asked many times for a list of essential jazz standards. I do not want to promote uniformity in repertoire nor do I believe in… Read article →
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What is Tonality?
Can we map tonal harmony in a coherent landscape that includes all possible harmonic functions, cadences and expected paths? It’s all in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. Learn More here… Read article →
