Tonal harmony is the foundation of most Western music, from Bach to jazz standards. At its core, it is a contract between composer and listener: if you follow its rules, the listener will always feel a sense of home—a tonal center called the tonic. This sense of direction comes from how chords function and move within three main... Continue Reading →
Are you looking for a great exercise to improve your jazz improvisation skills? Look no further! In this post, we're going to share a 7-step exercise that you can practice every day, no matter what your level is. This exercise is a progressive 7-step process that you can customize to fit your needs. Depending on... Continue Reading →
mDecks Music's "Exclusive Access" YouTube Membership now offers a really cool deal: An ever-growing resource library of music theory content with plenty of music theory material to take your music knowledge to the next level, from Sheet Music • Worksheets • Summaries • Studies • Harmonic Analyses • Scales & Modes • Improvisation and much... Continue Reading →
Here are 3 advanced piano tricks to impress your friends. Listen to the the demos and see if you can tell how they were created. Mind you, each trick uses just one or two simple music theory concepts.
After you purchase an item on mDecks.com, PayPal will automatically redirect you to the download page. You will also receive an email with a backup code to download the file (just in case the redirect fails) Here's a 30 second video showing how to use the code in your email. Copy the code to the... Continue Reading →
Vince Guaraldi plays one of the most beautiful jazz piano in the album: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Here are three piano video lessons showing a few techniques he uses during his solos. https://youtu.be/GFqtAKGUOjo https://youtu.be/5ysbX-vj40U https://youtu.be/azkDLCWu0wg If you want to learn more about jazz piano check our website https://mdecks.com and subscribe to the mDecks Music Youtube... Continue Reading →
There are 3 diminished chords that work on a completely different premise (than the other regular diminished chords) In this video we discuss the use of these chords in harmonic progressions from the Gospel and Jazz genre. #chords #musictheory #jazz #piano Jazz players and composers have used these diminished chords in their songs many times. Do you know these functions? They are diminished chords that break all the rules.
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