• What Charles Barkley Could Teach You About Playing Major Scales Flawlessly

    In this lesson, we explore fingering for half of the major scales using the number Charles Barkley wore on his jersey!

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    Understanding the Symmetry of the Whole Tone Scale

    Today, we’ll be dissecting the whole tone scale. Its name is derived from the whole tone distance between its scale tones. But let’s dive deeper and study its symmetry.

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    Second Day Of Christmas: Two Tonalities

    In this post, we’ll look at tonality from a binary (two) view and also cover the intervallic dimensions that can make a key center major or minor.

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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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    Shortcomings of the Natural Minor Scale and the Origin of the Harmonic Minor Scale

    Learn the shortcomings of the natural minor scale and the origin of the harmonic minor scale, which was introduced as solution.

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    Implications of The Leading Note in Modality

    In this lesson, we’ll about talk what the leading note in modality is and interesting implications related to scales and modes.

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    The Difference Between Major and Minor Modes

    In today’s post, let’s turn our attention to the difference between major and minor modes. But to do that, let’s first discuss tonality and how this concept has developed over the years.

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