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Modal Jazz Piano Techniques

Join Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Cincinnati’s College -Conservatory of Music (CCM) for a webinar that examines the relation between Claude Debussy’s harmonic and melodic techniques and those of post-bop jazz pianists through the analysis of selected piano pieces and transcriptions of important recordings that helped establish new aesthetics in jazz during […]

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Chord Spelling Standardization

Chord Spelling Standardization By Jerry Tachoir While attending Berklee College of Music from 1973 – 76, there was a campaign underway to standardize the spelling of chords. I became aware of this need while writing charts for classes that contained several international students. I realized very early that the European symbol for the number 7 […]

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