These music theory and composition books were enormously influential on my development as a musician in one way or another. They came at the right time for me – maybe they’ll come at the right time for you too! If you decide to check them out, do me a favor and click my affiliate links below!
Chromatic Thirds
December 27, 2019
180K subscribers
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Composers began using chromatic thirds related harmony around the 1830s and beyond, in order to create new colors and sounds that didn’t function within the regular tonal system. Chromatic thirds can provide dark and sinister flavors to your compositions, and can be readily found in film, television, and video game scores.
Watch more videos in this series: Whole Tone Scale: https://youtu.be/MotdhW3mMVM Spanish Phrygian Scale: https://youtu.be/yRggh1XXZZI Octatonic Scale: https://youtu.be/BBMqddr_uvU Lydian Augmented Scale: https://youtu.be/-X2HNQPdWWg
Bill Hilton – Chord theory epic – Functional harmony, secondary dominants, substitutions and diminished 7ths
September 17, 2019
199K subscribers
Want to know more about chord theory and how harmony works? This tutorial takes a look at some of the more exotic chords you might find in a progression. It reviews the basics of diatonic chords and how to generate them and the different functions of important chords. Then I talk about secondary dominants, an interesting chord substitution and the notoriously tricksy diminished seventh chord.
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ALL ABOUT MUSICAL SCALES – A COMPLETE GUIDE
September 10, 2019
Published on Sep 5, 2019
Simple method to organize ALL MUSICAL SCALES of harmonies. We use a simple method based on families and circular interval patterns to organize all scales that are well suited for building up harmonies: “THE SCALES OF HARMONIES”. We explore and systematize the Major Modes, Melodic minor Modes, Harmonic minor Modes, Harmonic Major Modes, Diminished Modes, Whole tone Mode and Augmented Modes.
PDF with all scales presented in this lesson (the Scales of Harmonies): http://newjazz.dk/Compendiums/scales_… Cardboard tool to look up scales, made by subscriber and patron “nupfe”: http://newjazz.dk/Compendiums/4in1_Mo… Cardboard tool in a smaller layout: http://newjazz.dk/Compendiums/4in1_Mo… Manual to assemble the cardboard tool: http://newjazz.dk/Compendiums/4in1_Co… Lesson that presents and explains the cardboard tool: https://youtu.be/81xT1_SFV0Y In the video above I refer to this other jazz lesson playing interval patterns that exceed the octave (not framed by an octave as traditional scales): https://youtu.be/ayTl-VF6-nk
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Stacking Fifths – Improvisation
May 4, 2019
SIMPLE piano trick to make you sound ADVANCED: Stacking chords in fifths
Published on Oct 20, 2017
If you want to step up your piano skills, come in and learn this straightforward trick that produces an amazing sound: playing chords in fifths! This is so simple but sounds so good that everyone should know it. I’ll show you what this trick is about, demonstrate how it sounds and give you a neat way to practice it by playing the major scale in a way you’ve never seen before ;).
Bill Hilton – How Do I Change Key? – Five Ways To Modulate In Style – Piano Questions Answered
March 24, 2019
Classical Cadences
March 19, 2019
The Pillars of Music Theory
January 4, 2019
How to Compose Music – Lesson 7 – Small Ternary Form
October 12, 2018
Learn Beautiful Chord Shapes – Open Voicings
September 2, 2018
Exercise: Cycle of 4ths – Approach Notes — Ugly Bass Face
August 20, 2018
So, after watching the Cycle of 4ths video
from Talkingbass last night,
I ran the exercise on the E string a bit before going to bed.
A little while ago, I practiced it again,
this time doing some small variations –
first just running the Cycle and
playing the root & 5th and …
via Exercise: Cycle of 4ths + approach notes — Ugly Bass Face
ART OF COMPOSING – What Are Inversions
February 13, 2018
ANDREW WASSON – Music Lesson – Harmonic Analysis – Minor Key Theory
December 9, 2017