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. It's usually preceded by the V/IV, landing on the IV at the beginning of the... Continue Reading →
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 and their resolutions. However there isn't any symbol to show a Major 7th chord that... Continue Reading →
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 programatic lists. Jazz is a personal intuitive journey. What I do believe in is finding... Continue Reading →
Can we map tonal harmony in a coherent landscape that includes all possible harmonic functions, cadences and expected paths? https://youtu.be/-CYUFipJ0tU It’s all in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. Learn More here...
Check out our new post: Unlocking the Magic of Jobim's Harmony: A Step-by-Step Guide to 'The Girl From Ipanema' Jazz Harmony Lesson I found many discussions online regarding the harmonic analysis of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Girl From Ipanema. Here's my two cents. There is some confusion with the second chord in the A section and the... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the guys at TonalHarmonyProgressions.Wordpress.com we now have more than 1000 Jazz Standards you can import into Mapping Tonal Harmony, and then use this incredible app to view the full Harmonic Analysis, Chord-Scales, and Arrows & Brackets. You can get the progressions here: 1000+ Jazz Standard Progressions in XML for Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro Example as viewed in Mapping... Continue Reading →
Kotska's Workbook Chapter 22 No. 3 in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro.Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro visually reveals every function in tonal harmony.#tonalharmony #Chords #MusicEducation #TraditionalHarmony #Kostka #harmony #ClassicalMusic https://t.co/6NtgaepthJ pic.twitter.com/17705SAKXt— mDecks Music (@mDecksMusic) June 8, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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