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Do 'avoid' notes depend on register?
So-called "avoid" notes are not that general. It's true that scale degree 4 over a major I chord (e.g., F played against C major) is prone to sounding bad, but it's not solely because of the ...
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Do 'avoid' notes depend on register?
The 'rules' of harmony are not particularly applicable in jazz situations - to an extent, that's what makes jazz jazz! In any case, those 'rules' are more along the banner 'guidelines', and often don'...
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How chord functions using minor subdominant
...I have this idea that chords should be function as they were in the original form in the main key For exmaple Fm -Ab - G7 functions same as F -Am -G7 in ( C major ) I would appreciate if anyone ...
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Humming to Brian Eno's "Needles in the Camel's Eye"
What you are humming is actually the top notes of the guitar chords of an 8 bar progression. Our ears tend to gravitate to the top notes when we hear chords. In this case the notes are better referred ...
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Humming to Brian Eno's "Needles in the Camel's Eye"
A principal element in music is not pitch in and of itself, but the interval– the "distance" – between pitches. Each interval has a characteristic sound that is distinct from other intervals....
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Secondary Dominant Harmony vs Diatonic Melody
This is a video I used to get both audio and the score...
From your comments in the chat room it seems your question is mostly about whether the song was meant to teach ...
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Secondary Dominant Harmony vs Diatonic Melody
She sang the first version, with the secondary dominants. The second version is, I suppose fine as far as it goes, but it isn't what Rodgers wrote or what Andrews sang. Have you been agonizing ...
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