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Coltrane's Tone Circlejtomschroeder.com

Exploring the circle of fifths, its jazz applications, and Coltrane's geometric approach to harmony

28 points•jtomschroeder•about 11 hours ago•6 comments•
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6 comments

skybrian44 minutes ago
Maybe this works as review for people who already know it, but it seems like it might be overwhelming for beginners. Learning to recognize 2-5-1 when you hear it in a song might be a better way to start?

Despite taking piano lessons as a kid, I was in college before I learned to recognize 12-bar blues whenever I heard it. That's pretty late, but you're part of the lucky 10,000 whatever day you learn.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

tniemiabout 3 hours ago
Here's an explanation of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w

rectangabout 2 hours ago
The Coltrane changes are lovely, but if you slow them down they aren't substantially more difficult than other Jazz changes from that era. What makes Giant Steps so challenging is mainly the tempo.

Tommy Flanagan, the pianist who struggled a bit on the original Coltrane recording, put out a recording of Giant Steps with his own trio in the 1980s. Having had enough time by then to woodshed the changes, his improvs are exquisite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3PWynH-CEc

Forgeties79about 1 hour ago
If you slow down a song enough you will make it easy enough for anyone ha the tempo is part of the challenge!
xnxabout 3 hours ago
Cool, but I was expecting it to make sound.

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