The requirement to understand what chord-progression means is the knowledge of chords and scales - and the best advice (if you play E-bass, Keyboard or Guitar) is to learn the circle of fifths. Chord progression means the sequence of chords (built on degrees of the scale on which a song...
Learn the So What Chord in all 12 keys as directed in the practice drills. When playing jazz standards, look out for minor chords with the 5th in the melody. This voicing will be a perfect fit. It's useful to take the voicing around the circle of 5ths and also choose keys at random...
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What does a dot under a musical note mean? How many musical notes are there? What is the first note on a musical scale? What is 8va in music notation? What does a quarter rest look like? What are the notes of the pentatonic scale? What is standard notation in music? What are the ...
Large Roman numerals like the I, IV and V represent major chords. The smaller ones, like i, iv and v represent minor chords, and that small one at the end with the circle next to it represents adiminished chord. Chords in minor key ...
No, there can only be one chord of minimum length between two points on a circle. This is because the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line, and any other chord between those two points would be longer than the minimum length chord. Can a chord...
J.Itten’s colour circle Strong colours are always hard to wear In a recent post and comment, there was a suggestion that this contrast might not be as suitable for menswear as the contrast of neighbouring colours on the wheel. However, I disagree. ...
We’ve got “count one, pretending to fundraise on behalf of entities that don’t know you from Adam,” and then count two, “pulling a bait and switch” by using the names of the ACS and NWF to raise the money, then deciding, as Inman did, to expand the circle of generosity to ...
First, the Clinton portion. Now, I'm one who thinks Hillary Clinton was exceedingly stupid to use her own email while she headed State. I mean, who does that? When you're offered a work email account, you use it, and instruct your family and friends to use your private email for pri...
In the parable of the fox and hedgehog, the fox goes from one thing to another, trying new ways to try to catch the hedgehog. He attempts to catch the hedgehog with different tricks without success. Meanwhile, the hedgehog does the one thing that it excels at. It curls up into a ball...