Music Mechanics: The Context Principle (Part 2); Circle Progressions In this episode, we’ll continue with part 2 of the Context Principle and also discuss circle progressions....
A Word About Genre, The Context Principle (Part 1) Hi friends! In this episode, we’ll talk about genre and the concepts that help define the parameters...
Scale/Chord Relationships for Melody/Improv; Chord-Scale System; Compatibility Principle Hi friends! In this episode we’ll discuss scale and chord relationships for melody and improvisation, the chord-scale system,...
Tonality, Tonal Center, Tonic Vs. Root, Atonality, Reharmonization, Tonal Center Vs. Key Welcome back, friends! In this episode of Music Mechanics, we’ll explore tonality, the tonic,...
Melodic Minor Diatonic Formula, Chord Progression, Arpeggiation, Parent Scale in Melody/Improv Hi friends! In Music Mechanics 30 we’ll continue with the melodic minor scale and discuss...
Natural/Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chords, Hybrid Minor Diatonic Chords (Borrowed), Melodic Minor In this episode of Music Mechanics, we delve deeper into the minor scales with a...
Modes Part 3 – Major, Natural and Harmonic Minor Diatonic Chord Formulas, Academic Terms NOW it’s getting interesting!! Ever wonder where those numbers like I –...
Modes Part 2 – Interval Formulas, Construction, Characteristics, Parent Scales, Minor Modes We continue with modes in Episode 27 and learn two different possible interval formulas...
Omitted Chord Factors, Modes (Part 1), Modal Music, Monophony, Polyphony, Final In Episode 26 of Music Mechanics well explore how to properly notate omitted chord factors,...
m9th Avoidance, Consonance/Dissonance, Sus Chords, Add Chords, 6/9 Chords, Intro to Extensions In Episode 25 we’re going to finish up with drop voicings, discuss the minor...
Closed and Open Position Voicings, Register Voicing Tendencies, Drop Voicings In this episode we’ll talk about closed position voicings as well as open position voicings, voicing...
Inversion Chord Symbols, Slash Chords, Voicings, Voices, Doubled Factors, Typical Voicings In this episode of Music Mechanics we’ll discuss how to write chord symbols for inversions,...
Chord Symbols for 7th Chords, Reasons for Good Notation Practices, and Chord Inversions Welcome back, friends! In this episode we’ll talk about chord symbols for seventh...
7th Chord Formula Shorthand, the 7th Chords, Tertian/Non-Tertian 7th Chords, Other 7th Chords In Episode 21 we’ll discuss shorthand notation for the seventh chord formulas, how...
Major/Minor/Augmented/Diminished Triads, Enharmonic Triads, Chord Factors, and Seventh Chords In Music Mechanics 20 we’ll cover how to create a triad on any root, the major/minor/augmented/diminished triads,...