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Ear Training: Triad Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Composition & Improvisation: A Case Study: Part 4 of 24: Form & Harmony

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The deep understanding of Form and Harmony cannot be overstated…

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2011-06-29 Composition, Improvisation

Transposition: The Musical Way to Transpose Harmony

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A prerequisite to Transposing Harmony like a musician is to conceive and hear the music in functional musical terms, not just as an arbitrary sequence of dots…

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2011-05-01 Chord Progressions, Transposition

Chord Progressions

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The study of Chord Progressions is essential to understanding how an enormous amount of music works…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, How Music Works

Chords: Consonance & Dissonance

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Consonance is the state of harmony that sound-feels stable, settled, resolved, and free of tension…

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2011-03-01 Chords

Chords: Melody & Harmony

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Here are three famous musical examples that illustrate that melody is harmony and harmony is melody…. and that scales and chords are really two complementary views of the same musical stuff…

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2011-03-01 Chords

How Music Works: Chords

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Let’s learn what makes Chords really tick…

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2011-03-01 Chords, How Music Works

The Physics of Sound: The Physical Basis of Harmony

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Did you know that harmony is based on the organic ways that physical objects naturally vibrate?

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2010-08-06 Chords, The Physics of Sound
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