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Re: 11 Russian Chords
Thanks Peter for all the detail. I'm still investigating... BTW I like that chord progression even better if it goes from G - Gdim rather than going up the semitone to G#dim.…
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@Jonathan Wing Thanks Jonathan. That really is a new one on me. But I'm struggling with 7 letters!
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@Jonathan Wing Marvellous. Phantom Thread is one of my favourite films. Greenwood excels, beautiful car, beautiful clothes, beautiful house. Amazing performances and music.…
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@Jonathan Wing Thanks Jonathan! I completely agree. I don't know why I shy away from the dominant 7, I've always known that the Beatles and other musical heroes use it a lot.…
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@Michael Walther said: The complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences by Palmer, Manus, Lethco If there are any other players in the UK following this conversation and you are interested…
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Ok great. Thanks very much for taking the time to explain. I doubt that the H (instead of B) is a typo as it repeats 3 times, so something else to get my head around!? will check out the book.
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@Michael Walther Thank you Michael. I have no (zero, zilch, nada) musical education and I am trying to get my head around your advice but when I do I will give it a go.…
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@Jonathan Wing Thank you very much for taking the time to reply like this. As it happens, as poor a player as I am at the moment, I started throwing in Maj7s etc almost right away.…
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@Dominic Cheli Yes very helpful Dominic, thank you.
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Hello everyone, I'm Dan from Kent in England. I'm new here and I'm going through Level 1. The quality of information and the teaching methods are superb - just what I was looking for.…
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I think Tonebase should point people to this resource as a matter of course. It's a great place for someone like me to start. I was assessed at L3 but knew that was wildly optimistic and based on a…
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