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B3Burner
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A Cool Music Theory Web Site
You may find this kind of neat. I just discovered it last night:
Go to:
http://www.apassion4jazz.net
Or type in an internet search under "jazz chords", and you'll hopefully accomplish the same goal.
The homepage directs you to several discussions on chord progressions, circle of 5ths, chord types, modes, etc.
But the coolest thing of all is the "virtual piano" and the "virtual guitar". Click on either, and you'll get a keyboard/fretboard diagram up top, and fields below of tons of chord names, and scales; and a choice of which key you want to use it in. Click on the chord/scale of your choice, and the diagram above lights up the keys/frets of all the notes that comprise the chord/scale you just named!!
Scales are lit in light blue, chords in a muddy greenish/brown.
While wrote memorization of scales and chords does not make one a master player persay, I still think it's worth a look, if you're one of those people who'd like to know what that "cool thing you played during band rehearsal" is ACTUALLY called.
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18/11/2003, 6:25
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RitchiesHair
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
I've just had a look over, seems very good. I have a basic grounding in theory and I occasionally get the urge to learn more but every time I do I start wondering whether or not having that knowledge will turn music into a chore as I make a concious effort to try and do things "properly".
Oh, and for the lazy people  .....
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/
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18/11/2003, 23:10
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Space Trucker
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
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Oh, and for the lazy people .....
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/
11/18/03, 11:10 pm
Man I opened a new window. 
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19/11/2003, 1:41
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
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b3burner wrote:
Scales are lit in light blue, chords in a muddy greenish/brown.
"muddy greenish/brown" Geeeze, that sounds awful. When I made the graphic, it looked a nice, dark green to me. Have you done a color balance on your monitor?
Anyway, glad everyone is enjoying the theory toys and charts. Looks like you have a pretty hip group here, once ya get used to the muddy brownish/purple - LOL
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19/11/2003, 6:53
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happy hammond
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What?! There's a theory of music? 
Looks like a decent site, thanks for the link.
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19/11/2003, 14:20
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B3Burner
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
Wow, sports fans! Looks like the author of the actual site just paid us a visit.
If Keyplyr is the author of that site, how great it is that he responded to our comments. Just goes to show, be careful what you say, you never know who's monitoring the bandwidths.
Guess I put my foot in my mouth with my "muddy greenish/brown" comment. It's probably just my monitor or my own eyesight. Sometimes the red traffic lights, do look green to me!! The cross traffic just loves me for that!! Nah...just kidding.
Actually, it was just getting late and I'm sure I didn't describe it right, but still an excellent site for learning fundamental groundings in music.
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20/11/2003, 3:32
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
The one thing this site makes me feel so much better about, is that it illustrates the concept I knew all along since I was about 5 years old: Take your 10 fingers (ahhmm...thumbs included) put them just about anywhere on the keyboard, and you've hit some chord that actually has a LEGITIMATE name!
So when my mom said, "Stop banging on the piano unless you're going to learn to play it right."
My response should have been, "No, Mom; it's OK. You see, I'm playing JAZZ!"
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24/11/2003, 0:16
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Nice site John! And I presume I must thank Keyplyr too
I'm just glad that so many people are still interested in making and exploring music, and are willing to help others do the same. Good on yer!
My upbringing was in classical music, which still plays an enormous part in my life (not many openings for French horn players in bands these days though! ), but from that foundation I thank God I now enjoy such a wide range of music, from Miles Davis to Motorhead, or from Brahms to the Beatles.
Real music made by real people - it doesn't get any better than that! Go for it
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24/11/2003, 1:02
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Re: A Cool Music Theory Web Site
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Nighthawk wrote:
Nice site John! And I presume I must thank Keyplyr too
99% of the thanks should go to KEYPLYR. I'll graciously accept 1% for merely finding it, but that was not the tough job.
Did you know there were so many different scales?
I suppose every single set of windchimes you see in an arts and crafts store uses some kind of 5, 6, 7, or 8 tone scale.
Did you also know that 60 Hz electrical "hum" falls in between Bb and B natural (tonally)? It's actually slightly closer to B than Bb. Detune the fine tuning of an electric keyboard slightly down a few Hz, and you can play in the same key as your favorite refrigerator or air conditioning blower, or florescent light fixture, or whatever.
I know...useless trivia, but I know someone out there may find it interesting!
Note in parts of Europe, electrical current alternates at 50 Hz. I believe there it would be between G and G#. I think. I had it written down somewhere, and lost the piece of paper, but it's a full tone and a half lower than in the states.
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24/11/2003, 7:18
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mrsnip
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b3burner wrote:
Note in parts of Europe, electrical current alternates at 50 Hz. I believe there it would be between G and G#. I think. I had it written down somewhere, and lost the piece of paper, but it's a full tone and a half lower than in the states.
I really hope the 50Hz goes for all of (mainland) Europe, since we're connected to the same electrical grid.
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24/11/2003, 8:37
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