Now in version 7.7.0 you can use the ADD-ONS feature to purchase and import fully analyzed progressions into your catalogue from within the app You may still import the xml files from the macOS version as before In this tutorial we'll explain how to download, unzip and import progressions in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro... Continue Reading →
See Music is a complex app that listens to you playing an instrument or singing and then gives you instant note-by-note feedback on your performance In order for See Music to work properly the audio inputs and outputs on your device must be set up correctly. See Music work on iPhone, iPad and macOS. In... Continue Reading →
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro 7.5 can now sync audio tracks with harmonic progressions. This new feature is great for developing a better understanding of tonal harmony while listening to real-life examples from the masters performed by great musicians. Troubleshooting iTunes Tracks Some files are not allowed in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. These are DRM... Continue Reading →
Here's a song by Billy Strayhorn that I've always loved and never fully analyzed until writing The Jazz Standards Progressions Book. I've been fascinated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn compositions since the first time I heard an Ellington album, about thirty years ago. Since then I greatly enjoyed their rich harmonies, rhythmic vocabulary and... Continue Reading →
Here's a musical concept nobody taught me at school. While analyzing 1000+ jazz tunes for The Jazz Standards Progressions Book, I noticed a great number of songs in major keys tonicize the IV degree at the beginning of the bridge. It's usually preceded by the V/IV, landing on the IV at the beginning of the... Continue Reading →
In the process of writing The Jazz Standards Progressions Book Series I realized the need to express a very common harmonic event with a new symbol. So far we had solid and dotted arrows and brackets to express II-V relationships and their resolutions. However there isn't any symbol to show a Major 7th chord that... Continue Reading →
I found many discussions online regarding the harmonic analysis of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Girl From Ipanema. Here's my two cents. There is some confusion with the second chord in the A section and the first four bars on the bridge. The second chord in the A section is often (and inaccurately) analyzed as a V/V.... Continue Reading →
The Jazz Standards Progressions Book with 1000+ Jazz Progressions fully analyzed, with chord-scales and arrows brackets analysis is now available in PDF form for download on mDecks.com https://youtu.be/1pGYgk4rTxE Now you can play your favorite Jazz Standards from a new perspective. To learn more about it visit https://mdecks.com/jazzstandards.phtml
Here's a map with the complete set of functions in any key (major or minor), it also shows the common paths taken from one to another. created using Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro You can get the map in a beautiful canvas form 18x24 here: Tonal Harmony Map in Canvas Form
