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Our standard for Jul 2022 will be Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons, 1942).
Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)
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06-30-2022 12:40 PM
Our standard for Jul 2022 will be Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons, 1942).
Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)
Also cue Christian to tell you that Tonal Harmony a la Kostka Payne is a post facto description of organic voiceleading that really has nothing to do with Roman numeral analysis etc
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Again for the thousandth time, modal names provide a parallel view (oriented to the root of the chord). Again check out Advancing Guitarist among many other sources like Berkee Book of Harmony or...
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