
The Circle of Fifths
Philip Jackson(Author)
Philip Jackson (Publisher)
Published on 10. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
979-8-201-04745-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ready for a great leap forward in applying theory to your musical practice? Discover techniques to help bring your visual memory into play.
Have you suffered from traditional teaching approaches relying solely on aural memory? Do your ears let you down when it comes to naming a chord? Do you struggle to apply written ideas from the textbooks? With over twenty years' experience, Philip Jackson brings new approaches to provide you with the tools to harness the power of your visual memory. He links the tools to the theory in an easily visualized manner which will help you embed the techniques and gain confidence in your mastery.
The Circle of Fifths: visual tools for musicians provides a remedy for the neglect of the visual aspect of memory by so many teachers. It takes key concepts required by improvisers young and old and shows how they can be related to the Circle of Fifths in a way that you can visualize, recall and apply in real-time.
In The Circle of Fifths: visual tools for musicians you will discover:Clear explanations of each aspect of music theory enhanced by sixty-nine new and original illustrations
An exploration of major scale degrees, sharps and flats, and intervals for a well-rounded understanding of the science of composition
Revelations to enable you to enrich the harmonic content of your improvisation or composition by the use of substitutions including the Bartok substitutions. You'll no longer need to worry about calculating a tritone interval.
Techniques to rapidly recall many chord progressions in any key which will help you to relax and improvise with greater confidence
Applications of chords to scalar relatives, modes, transposition and much, much more.
The Circle of Fifths: visual tools for musicians is the ideal instructional companion to provide you with new insights into the theory. If you want to improve your playing then you'll love Philip Jackson's book and its visual toolkit.
Buy The Circle of Fiths: visual tools for musicians to make sound progress today!
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Series
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-201-04745-0 (9798201047450)
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