Harmony & Analysis
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The Universal Encyclopedia of Scales by mDecks Music
The Universal Encyclopedia of Scales is a fully interactive PDF containing all 2048 scales in music, organized over the circle of fifths, with 2600+ pages of information. The encyclopedia includes chapters on scale theory, several master indexes by mode count… Read article →
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Target Notes Practice for Improvisation & Ear Training
One of the best ear training exercises you can do to learn jazz standards and improvisation is Target Notes. Imagine this melodic line over the progression: We could use our classification method to classify each note against their respective chord. But this would be a… Read article →
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We wish you a merry Christmas Jazz Version Tutorial using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
If you want to adapt popular music to jazz, the best approach is to think of the harmonic functions (rather than just the chords) and then use techniques of tonal harmony. In the following video we show how to turn… Read article →
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Upper Structures over complete Jazz Standards Progressions
There are many ways to expand and develop a chord-voicings vocabulary. A standard approach is to stack simple structures (triads, quartals, dyads) on top of other simple ones, thus creating a richer color palette for your voicings. These structures are… Read article →
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Two amazing Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro ADD-ONS
Starting on version 7.8.8, Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro macOS now offers two incredible and unprecedented add-ons: Upper Structures & Target Notes These are two powerful features to study and practice tonal harmony. View Mapping Tonal Harmony’s webpage The new add-ones… Read article →
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How to play chords using Upper Structure Triads. “An original approach by mDecks Music”
For a piano player, knowing how to voice chords is an essential skill, not only for comping (accompanying or laying the chord progression for others player to improvise over), but also to use those voicings as an improvisational aid. All… Read article →
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Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7 for iOS iPad & iPhone (Manual)
What’s new in version 7.8.8 (soon to be available) The new version 7.8.8 (already waiting for review on the App Store) will offer four AMAZING ADD-ONS: 1000+ Jazz Standard Progressions Bird Bebop Progressions Upper Structures Target Notes Now you can import… Read article →
