Piano day (2h)

• Voicing skills
  • Cycling major 7ths: 7-3-5 to 3-7-9 and backwards
  • Cycling minor 7ths: same
  • Cycling dominant 7ths: same idea
  • Minor to dominant (7-3-5 to 3-7-9)
  • Minor to dominant (3-7-9 to 7-3-6)
• Modes of harmonic minor
  • H. M. scales with both hands in all keys
  • 2nd mode of H. M.: harmonising C & F scales
  • Improv in 2nd mode (keys of F and Bb)

Observations

I should’ve got to this before! Harmonic minor modes are literally a whole new world! I definitely used these chords and colours before, but finally knowing where they come from is so revealing and — well, it just speeds up the writing process so much when you actually know how things work. I’ve been told this during my study in the music school and I repeatedly find more and more evidence to this. Knowing the math is very helpful!