Chord function fundamentals

Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know

By

Forrest

Chords, Composition, Ear Training, Jazz Standards

Chord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise from exploring chord function. Questions like, how do you build chords within a key? Why …

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Jazz Ear Training

How to Train Your Ears Like a Jazz Musician

By

Forrest

Ear Training

Jazz ear training – What makes it different from general ear training? That’s a great question and when a reader recently asked this, it definitely made me think. They both focus on intervals, chords, root movement, and have other common ground, but how are they actually different? Over the years, I’ve taken quite a few …

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