Short & sweet insights to help us approach Music Theory & Ear Training like an artist, not like a computer…
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Lesson Goal: To become fluent in the basic chord voicings for the workhorse iiø7-V7-i chord progression…
As the name suggests, the Minor Pentatonic Scale has five notes and a minor quality–widely used in Blues tonalities in blues (of course), folk, pop, and rock….
The importance of deep harmonic comprehension and ear training cannot be overstated…
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound-feeling of the five most commonly-used seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, diminished 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished 7.
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound-feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the following intervals: minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, tritone, perfect 5th, minor 6th, major 6th, minor 7th, major 7, octave…
Did you know… that a scale is so much more than a string of notes that go up and down in “steps”?
Did you know… that scales are as much a harmonic pattern as they are melodic?
Welcome to your first lesson in conceiving and perceiving melody like a real musician…