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Colors of the Wind – Guide Tone Lines Revealed, Part I
Because all the harmonic structures of this piece are closely related, finding the guide tone lines for Alan Mencken’s Colors of the Wind is a simple matter. But before going further, it will be helpful to review what is meant … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, color tones, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, jazz, music, music theory guide tone lines, pop, shenkerian analysis
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Colors of The Wind (The Song)
Before I continue on from where I left off with 13th chords back on Friday the 13th of April, I’m going to respond to a request made by one of my readers and take a look at a modern pop … Continue reading
Posted in alan menken, algonquian, changes, chord extensions, chord progression, color tones, disney musicals, dissonance, dissonant intervals, film scores, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, john smith, key change, modal scales, music theory, pentatonic scale, pocahantas, powhatan indian, stephen schwarz, us history
Tagged alan menken, chord extensions, chord progressions, color tones, colors of the wind, colors of the winds, disney, disney animated films, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, john smith, music, music theory, music theory guide tone lines, pocahantas, powhatan, stephen schwarz, us history
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The Shell and More
When it comes to extended harmonies, the most important tones are the third, seventh and ninth. So, in the key of C (major, dominant and minor), these are: Of course, this doesn’t make much sense in the ear until the … Continue reading
Posted in changes, chord extensions, chord progression, color tones, guide tone lines, guitar shortcuts, harmonic structures, modal scales, modes, music theory, truncated chords, truncated harmonies
Tagged augmented chords, changes, chord extensions, chord progressions, color tones, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harmonic shell, jazz theory, jazz theory guide tone lines, lydian mode, music, music theory, music theory guide tone lines, truncated chords, truncated chords for guitar players, whole-tone harmonies
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You Don’t Have To Play Every Note
Seems that most of the people who are seriously reading this blog are guitar players, so I’m going to take another break from actual guide tone lines and address this one to any guitar player who has encountered a chord … Continue reading
Posted in changes, chord extensions, chord progression, color tones, common tone diminished, common tones, diminished chords, dissonance, dissonant intervals, harmonic structures, music theory, rhythm
Tagged changes, chord extensions, chord progressions, color tones, common tone diminished modulation, functional harmony, guidetone lines blog, jazz theory
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A Tale of Two Ditties
Actually, it’s two versions of the same ditty – in this case, the Harry Warren example we’ve been working with so far. You’ll remember the first version in which we simply used the guide tone lines. Here’s what it looks … Continue reading
Posted in chord progression, common tones, contrary motion, counterpoint, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, neighbor tones, Orchestration
Tagged big band orchestration, big band writing, changes, Charles Dickens, chord extensions, chord progressions, counterpoint, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, jazz theory, jazz theory guide tone lines, music theory guide tone lines, section writing
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Guide Tone Lines In Action, Part 3 – Colors of the Winds
So – what’s wrong with the guide tone line in the second ending in terms of orchestration? Nothing, provided we drop the line an octave. In simplest terms, the second ending of the “A” section in the current example (Harry … Continue reading
Posted in Big Bands, cadence, changes, chord progression, common tones, counterpoint, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, Improvisation, Orchestration
Tagged big band orchestration, big band writing, changes, chord extensions, chord progressions, color tones, colors of the winds, counterpoint, functional harmony, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, jazz theory, jazz theory guide tone lines, reed section, section writing
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Guide Tone Lines in Action, Part 1
Today, let’s start off with a short musical interlude: The song of which this is the definitive recording will be the example used for the next couple of posts. But before going much further, I want to talk about someone … Continue reading
Posted in Big Bands, changes, chord progression, Great American Songbook, guide tone lines, harmonic structures, Hollywood Scores, Improvisation, neighbor tones, Orchestration, Shenkerian Analysis
Tagged al dubin, changes, chord progressions, Glenn Miller, guide tone lines, guidetone lines blog, harry warren, heinrich schenker, hollywood, jazz theory, music theory, music theory guide tone lines, shenkerian analysis, standards
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