Apps & Tools
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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 →
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How To Find All Scales Containing Specific Intervals In One Simple Step
Let’s say you want to find all scales that contain a major third, followed by a half step, follow by a minor third (M3 H m3) Use the search button in Tessitura Pro and you will get all scales that… Read article →
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4 Ways to View A Scale’s Intervalic Formula using Tessitura Pro App for iOS and macOS
There are 4 ways you can represent a scale’s intervalic formula: Degrees Chord-Tones and Tensions Roman Numerals Melodic Intervals Degrees Here’s the major scale (Ionian) as degrees. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (all degrees al major) Chord-Tones and Tensions… Read article →
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Why No One Talks About The Circle of Fourths Anymore. Here’s how to view it in Tessitura Pro App
Almost every musician knows how to use the circle of fifths (and what it is), but there are a few countries and music schools that teach the order of the notes in the circle going the other way. This is called… Read article →
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Tessitura Pro Tip of the Day #10: Chord Extensions and Avoid Notes. Tessitura Pro: The whole world of scales over the Circle of Fifths.
Tessitura Pro Tip of the Day #10: Chord Extensions and Avoid NotesTessitura Pro: The whole world of scales over the Circle of Fifths.#ScalesAndModes #MusicEducation #MusicScales #ChordScales #CircleOfFifthshttps://t.co/C6vnN9cv6C pic.twitter.com/vxB2dwAEOe — mDecks Music (@mDecksMusic) June 13, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Read article →
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Omg! The Best Ear Training Exercise Ever! Politonus App for iOS
Politonus was designed after a very popular exercise taught by a world famous music education guru in the Boston area. Many generations of musicians from all over the world traveled to Boston and waited in a two year waiting… Read article →
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