STEP 15 – Chromatic melodic auxiliary notes
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This resource – PDF – explores the use of chromatic auxiliary notes for increased melodic tension or colour. It provides guidance for both improvising and reading practice with 4 studies.
STEP 15 – Changing diatonic block cycling through the tonal matrix
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The technique of cycling through the tonal matrix is explored in this PDF as you learn how to change diatonic block fluently, understanding the tonal relationships clearly. There are lots of notated practice patterns to help you with sight-reading and to guide your improvising practice.
STEP 15 – Chromatic harmony
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In this PDF, there are lots of notated harmonic progressions with chromaticism of different kinds for you to practice. How to approach this practice is explained clearly so that your improvisation and reading skills will expand to include a grasp of chromatic harmony.
STEP 15 – More tonal cycles with chromatic harmonies
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This PDF provides more tonal cycles for you to develop your sense of complex tonal relationship but in these exercises there are chromatic harmonies included. The notated exercises are designed to develop your improvisation and reading skills.
STEP 15 – Chromatic tonality in a jazz-blues-pop style
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Chromatic harmony is not just for complex classical or jazz styles. The exercises at Step 15 are not designed to be genre specific at all but you will notice that different tonal inflections can point towards different musical styles and genres. In this PDF, there are short, tuneful practice exercises that use chromatic tonality in a very accessible way common to many popular genres.
STEP 15 – Studies
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This PDF contains a pack of 12 studies – one for each diatonic block – that bring a particular kind of freedom in your playing style. The playing idioms used are transferable across a range of styles and they give you the opportunity to practise playing the keys in a way that has a deep expressive connection and the beginnings of real virtuosity using the rhythmic and tonal fluency that you have acquired through completing the steps.
