The Major Scale is one of the most-often-used scales. We will take a look at this scale and its modes using Tessitura Pro by mDecks Music If you rather watch a video here's the entire explanation in our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YuUTiBI6IE The Major Scale = Ionian Scale One of the main secrets of the Major... Continue Reading →
Blame It On My Youth play-along (created using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKu3xEzvJc source: http://mdecks.com/mapharmony.phtml This play-along was created using the smart player on Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 6.7 for iPad & iPad Pro In this video we are showing Chord-Scales with Functional Notation. Do you want to practice “Blame It On My Youth” in all keys at any tempo? What is the harmonic progression in the... Continue Reading →
Quick guide on how to use mCircle
mCircle is a free online javascript that find all the occurrences of a substructure candidate contained in a main Structure. What is a sturcutre? Any group of two or more notes is a structure. Example of commonly used structures: the Ionian scale is a structure. the Pentatonic scale, an augmented triad, etc. mCricle graphs the... Continue Reading →
Introduction to using mCircle
This is an introduction to the free online software (javascript app) from mDecks: mCircle located at http://www.mdecks.com/graphs/mcircle.php mCircle was created by Ariel J Ramos using his Decoding the Circle of Vths (fifths) method to analyze and study musical structures and subsets using a graphical approach. In this introduction we will use mCircle to find the answer... Continue Reading →
Decoding the Circle of Fifths Chart description
The "Decoding The Circle of Vths" Chart is laid out as a poster sized page of 18 x 24. In high resolution PDF format. The chart is organized in six sections: The Circle and the Mode/Transposition Formula Symmetry and Inversions over the circle Limited-Mode Structures Most Common Source Scales and their Modes Secondary & Substitute... Continue Reading →
