Improvisation & Scales
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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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Learn These 20 Piano Tricks To Sound Like A Pro
Wouldn’t it be nice to just sit at the piano and play for hours on end improvising beautiful music in different styles and moods? Here’s a list of 20 piano tricks that will change the way you play piano for… Read article →
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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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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 →
