The Minor Augmented Chord
They’re going to tell you that this is not a minor chord.
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Isn't She Lovely
This morning in the region we looked at Stevie Wonder "Isn’t She Lovely?" There’s a lot this song can teach us, but we have time to talk about the first four chords.
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As: Stevie Wonder
Tuesday’s Music Theory Gym and its Stevie Wonder adds where we find a convergence of ascending and descending movement.
Explain Compression and Sidechain in thirty seconds
When the TV is on too loud and you turn it down, you are acting like a compressor.
Scales: utility knots
The next time someone asks you if you know all of your scales, ask them if they know the Hungarian minor or the double harmonic.
Super Locrian
I had the most delightful realization today, which is this.
Tetrachord Combinations and Modes
Music theory books are filled with more scales than most people know, and certainly more than most people need to worry about.
Visualize Compressor Ration
Okay, let’s talk about compressor ratio and let’s imagine that instead of pitch, this is level.
Stereo Width: fields and flashlights
Sometimes stereo is like an added byproduct of what you get when you use multiple microphones.
Keygar: cables and Archemedes
It was the great Greek physicist Archimedes who said, "Give me a lever long enough and I’ll break your keytar." In my experience, a cable like this is …
Monsters: acoustic standing waves
They say monsters aren’t real, but I’m not so sure.
Color Tones: suspended two diatonic bridges
One thing most pianists understand intuitively is that you can freely fill the gap between the bottom two notes of any root position triad, as long as …
Upward Compression: ear training gym
Today was ear training, Jim.
