Interval names (”perfect fourth,” “augmented sixth”) can be confusing at first. The key to understanding is 1) think in letter names, 2) put C in the middle. I’ll walk you through a simple visual explanation.
The Keyring is a powerful way to visualize chords and scales. Here’s how to read it.
Here’s what makes the Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak song tick.
How do Alicia Keys, Bill Withers, Cory Henry, Red Garland, and Renaissance composer Guillaume Du Fay compose steady streams of tasty harmony? They move chords through scales.
Cut scales down into tetrachords to make them more digestable and more powerful.