When soloing whether as part of a jazz ensemble or otherwise, it's likely that underneath your solo there will be chords changing. What really helps to take an average solo and really make it sound like it fits within the song and among the changes is making sure your solo lands on certain notes at certain times. Those notes can be thought of as target notes. Target notes are … [Read more...] about Theory in 300: Target Notes
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Theory in 300: The Circle of Fifths
The Circle of Fifths (also referred to as the Circle of Fourths depending on the direction you’re moving on it) is a powerful visual tool for musicians. The Circle of Fifths is a visual representation of all the musical keys and their relationships to each other. The Circle of Fifths is most useful for finding the key of a song, transposing songs to different keys, composing … [Read more...] about Theory in 300: The Circle of Fifths