Learning Tunes No.2 – mDecks Music
An applied tutorial on functional harmony and tritone relationships using 'Stella by Starlight' to teach how to identify chord roots, label Roman numerals, and hear tensions.
This lesson breaks down the opening of Stella by Starlight from a functional standpoint, showing how each chord functions relative to the tonic and how to interpret roots, tritone relationships, and Minor7b5 (half-diminished) chords. It demonstrates how melody notes relate as chord tones or tensions (e.g., 11ths) and gives practical assignments to play tritones, Minor7b5 chords, and the opening melody-plus-chord in all keys. The focus is on building a jazz ear through active listening and repeated practice of specific technical tasks so you can apply the concepts across keys and arrangements.
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