Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro for iPad is now available at the App Store The Mapping Tonal Harmony app is an incredible tool for songwriters, composers, students and teachers. From Jazz & Classical to Pop, Rock & New Age music, this app will take your writing and understanding of tonal music to the next level.The volumes... Continue Reading →
A reharm of Darn that Dream using Upper Structure Quartals Learn more about using USQs at mDecks.com
mCircle is a free online javascript that find all the occurrences of a substructure candidate contained in a main Structure. What is a sturcutre? Any group of two or more notes is a structure. Example of commonly used structures: the Ionian scale is a structure. the Pentatonic scale, an augmented triad, etc. mCricle graphs the... Continue Reading →
This is an introduction to the free online software (javascript app) from mDecks: mCircle located at http://www.mdecks.com/graphs/mcircle.php mCircle was created by Ariel J Ramos using his Decoding the Circle of Vths (fifths) method to analyze and study musical structures and subsets using a graphical approach. In this introduction we will use mCircle to find the answer... Continue Reading →
The "Decoding The Circle of Vths" Chart is laid out as a poster sized page of 18 x 24. In high resolution PDF format. The chart is organized in six sections: The Circle and the Mode/Transposition Formula Symmetry and Inversions over the circle Limited-Mode Structures Most Common Source Scales and their Modes Secondary & Substitute... Continue Reading →
For the human brain, Music is the ultimate challenge. Music is a language where all concepts and thoughts are abstract, where semantics can be re-formulated in each work and statements are made, using an external device (musical instrument), embedded in an imaginary grid of Time. Music can change your life, but can also change... Continue Reading →
Reconstructing Beethoven's Für Elise 25 Studies on Beethoven's Bagatelle in A minor. mDecks Focus SeriesNew List Price: $15.95also available at Also Available at amazon.com Learn or Teach how to play Fur Elise in 25 easy studies.Für Elise, one of the most famous solo piano compositions in music history, written by composer Ludwig van Beethoven which... Continue Reading →
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