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From: brassharp~otmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:55:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Scales and Practice

On Wed Jun 23 12:27:26 1999 CDT, Robb Bingham wrote:
>Dear Beloved List,
>
>I’m looking for a way to understand and exercise with scales.

>But seriously now, any shortcuts in Music Theory for us
>wannabe musicians that waited too long to get serious? I know I’m asking a
>lot but you guys always amaze me. Thanks in advance.

As it happens, today I finished making a number of display enhancements
to the "Layout Diagram Generator" Javascript program at
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill (/HarpLayoutGenerator.html)

Not only does it highlight the scale notes showing where they fall
in the harp, and show you the scale degree..

Now you can highlight (different background colors)
the root notes, the I, IV, V root notes,
the I, IV, V, ii, iii, and vi chord triads, Major 7, dominant 7, 9th,
and 11th chords, or all notes in the I, IV, and V chords.

I don't know how much of a shortcut this is, but it can definitely
help with visualization of where the important notes fall, especially
if you're analyzing different position or different special tunings for
a particular piece of music.

If you want to learn about scales, chords, arpeggios, positions, or
special tunings, and how to apply it to your harp, I think the
diagrams I'm turning out can really help.

Brassha'per