Harmony & Analysis
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How To Open & Play iReal Pro Songs In Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 9 (MUSIC-XML)
The ability to import iReal Pro songs into Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro is a long-awaited feature. Let’s be honest, while iReal Pro is pretty much a standard in the world of backing track apps, Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro backing tracks… Read article →
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How to Analyze Jazz Standards. The Berklee Method – mDecks Music
Let me show how to analyze the jazz standard Recorda-Me. You can find the final analysis, along with 1300+ other jazz standards fully analyzed in The Jazz Standards Progressions Book by mDecks Music I’ll show you the process we go… Read article →
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How Did Beethoven Write Music? Symphony No.1 Theme A (Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro)
Let’s look at the A theme in Beethoven’s first symphony. We’ve already talked about his incredible opening, and how he used a secondary dominant in the subdominant region, breaking with all of the norms. Tonal harmony & harmony functions The… Read article →
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Is Victor Wooten right? Music Theory is SIMPLE!
I want to talk about a very interesting video by Victor Wooten called: Music theory is Simple! In the video Wooten asks the audience this: “…okay, how many keys are there? I say it’s 12. Good answer, but wrong. How… Read article →
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Harmony of Beethoven. Beethoven’s Killer Opening in Symphony No.1 in C Major
How did Beethoven write the opening for this first symphony in C major? Learn Beethoven’s harmony and how tonality works. Read article →
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How to use the Circle of Fifths for Scales & Modes
Introduction The Circle of Fifths is one of the most powerful tools we half to represent our 12-tone system. By stacking perfect fifths you get all the notes in western music. Using the circle of fifths to show scales allows… Read article →
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Pat Metheny on Piano. How to play, compose & sound like Pat Metheny on the piano. Piano Tutorial.
In this new series we will explore the Harmony and Voicings of Pat Metheny applied to the piano. These are intermediate to advanced piano lessons. So, join us and learn more about the harmonic techniques used by Metheny. One of… Read article →
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