Theory — Page 62

First Day Of Christmas: One Octave

In this post, we’ll look at the all-encompassing nature of the octave and how it contains everything you need in music: notes, scales, chords, and progressions.

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Voice Leading Techniques for Approaching The 2-5-1 Chord Progression

In this post, you’ll learn voice leading techniques for smoothly transitioning between chords of the 2-5-1 chord progression.

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Exposed: Six Characteristic Features of Intervals

An interval is the distance [in pitch] between two notes. However, in this post, we’ll go a step further by describing 6 features of intervals that’ll give you a deeper understanding.

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Melodic and Harmonic Approaches to Side-Stepping and Resolving

In this post, we’ll exploring “playing outside” by side-stepping to adjacent keys and how to resolve back to inside notes when the time is right.

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Intermediate Voice Leading Techniques for Seventh Chords

The art of moving smoothly from one chord to another is called voice leading. In this lesson, you’ll learn principles that can facilitate smoothness between seventh chords.

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Electronic Transposition: The Consequence of Indecision

In a previous article, we considered two approaches to transposition – electronic transposition (mostly bad) vs mental transposition (always good). Here’s the reason why you’re not playing in all 12 keys.

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