We've been delving into "Key Schemes" in the lesson series, "Concepts for Comping." A Key Scheme is a pattern in which diatonic progressions are placed within a song. The last lesson consisted of 2 Key Schemes: Whole-Tone and Chromatic.
This lesson is on the Minor Thirds Key Scheme also known as the Diminished Key Scheme.
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Concepts for Comping: Lesson 7: In this lesson we introduce the concept of Key Schemes. A “Key Scheme” is a pattern in which diatonic progressions are placed within a song.
Tune of the Month
Stuck on the Horns of a Dilemma: This is another of my original tunes recorded in my home studio that never got placed anywhere except my SoundCloud page. I have done it live when I was playing with Kevin Mahogany back in the early nineties.
I played all the instruments and did the drum and percussion programming.
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