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Harmony&Improvisation

by Doub Pearce

Harmony&Improvisation is a Vidcast/Podcast dedicated to helping musicians of all levels to hear, know, and play better music; as well as more styles of music. The goal is to make Harmonic and improvisational Principles readily available to: 1. Students who don’t have local access to teachers, 2. Teachers who don’t have time to teach performance and theory together, and would like an online resource to guide their students to, and 3. Those who just like to study music online on their own. We want to offer information, but more importantly inspiration, to musicians who want to understand how music works “under the hood”. We have started episodes very slowly and simply to help beginners know how basic principles of harmony and melody work. These include sound examples, exercises and tests. Further episodes will continue to dig deeper and reach further into music, exploring different sounds and styles (harmonic and melodic minor studies, etc). These will also include explanations, song or sound examples, and continued testing. We hope to show all interested students that they can become confident in any musical situation with a comprehensive study of the sounds that are contained in Harmony&Improvisation.

Episodes

Common Simple Chord Changes Analysis - Key of C

17m · Published 26 Aug 07:15

tip on listening to the beginning music of the podcast and how you may recognize those sounds with what you've learned up to this point
why roman numerals are small and big in music theory and what they mean
how to make these chord changes not sound so diatonic or vanilla
3 common chord changes in the key of C, broken down in their common styles
each chord change played through specifically in the key of C, and in a particular style, for you to practice improvising over with the basic C Major note set

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

C, A minor, D minor, F Chords - Improvisation

18m · Published 26 Aug 07:00

- discussion on landing notes when improvising, and what always works

- example of jamming over each of the discussed chords

- re-explanation of the C note set, which can be used to jam over each of these chords

- opportunity to practice jamming over each of the chords yourself

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Chord Functions

18m · Published 23 Jul 05:14

why triads pull your ear in one direction or another
the 1 chord, the root, the center of the key
The 5 chord, the dominant, pulls your ear strongly toward the 1 chord
The 4 chord, particularly the 4 to the 5 chord
The 2 chord to the 5 chord
The 1 to the 6 chord
a peek into chord extension and where we are headed

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Triad Test Day

17m · Published 23 Jul 04:54

- a few words on how all of the information taught until now can help you succeed in this test, and moving forward in your music education

- give yourself grace as you learn, but seek knowing these without a doubt

- major triads test

- minor triads test

- diminished triads test

- a look into diminished scales - symmetrical scale that is a sequence of whole steps and half steps

- augmented triads test

- what's coming up to help you apply and practice using these note sets and triads

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Triads - Keys of G and G Flat

11m · Published 23 Jul 04:14

- walk through the triads in the key of G major, up and down

- the triads of Gb major, up and down

- a dive into why we need to know these triads and the language being taught here

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Triads - Keys of E, E Flat, F and F#

10m · Published 01 Jul 18:18

Review of the basic formula for all major diatonic triads - M, m, m, M, M, m, dim
Key of E - E maj, F# min, G# min, A maj, B maj, C# min, D# dim
Key of Eb - Eb maj, F min, G min, Ab maj, Bb maj, C min, D dim
Key of F# - F# maj, G# min, A# min, B maj, C# maj, D# min, E# dim
Key of F - F maj, G min, A min, Bb maj, C maj, D min, E dim
Quick peek into how learning these chords can make future learning of extended chords so much easier

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Triads - Keys of D and D Flat

8m · Published 01 Jul 17:58

A quick overview of why we are approaching these episodes the way we are - we want this podcast to be comprehensive so that you can use this as a tool wherever you are at in your musicianship. Jump in at your own pace and from where you are in your current understanding.
Overview of the key of D major - triads built on each note of the scale - D maj, E min, F# min, G maj, A maj, B min, C# dim
Overview of Db major - Db maj, Eb min, F min, Gb maj, Ab maj, Bb min, C dim

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Triads - Keys of B and B Flat

9m · Published 01 Jul 17:27

-Explanation of what we've worked on so far, and what's coming next

-Breakdown of the Key of B major and the triads that are built on each note of that scale - B maj, C# min, D# min, E maj, F# maj, G# min, A# dim

-Breakdown of the Key of Bb major - Bb maj, C min, D min, Eb maj, F maj, G min, A dim

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Diatonic Triads - Keys of A and A Flat

6m · Published 10 Jun 07:00

Show Notes -

-a quick refresher on the basic triads built on each note of the major scale - major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, and diminished

-a walk through each of those chords in the keys of A and Ab

Diatonic Triads - Key of C

10m · Published 03 Jun 07:00

Show Notes -

recipe for triads built on each note of the major scale - the formula is the same for every major key
major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished
examples of playing around with those triads in the Key of C
quick look at using those triads to start into extensions of the 1 chord
quick walk through the keys of Cb and C#

Episode Image Link - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov/downloads

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/tpfbb

Podcast Link - https://open.spotify.com/show/3s7KQqOZlrbk0vZkoe4buC?si=jk14dlxoQJ-V4jhpNeU6sA

Website - https://harmonyimprovisati.wixsite.com/harmonyimprov

Harmony&Improvisation has 53 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 11:05:33. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 23rd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 23rd, 2024 15:16.