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25 articles

Minor ii–V–i — Practical Tension/Resolution Practice Playbook

2026-04-12

Backdoor Dominant / Backdoor ii–V — Practical Jazz Cadence Playbook

2026-04-07

Bebop Enclosures & Approach Notes: Target-Tone Practice Playbook (2026)

2026-03-31

Barry Harris Sixth-Diminished Harmony — Practical Practice Playbook

2026-03-31

Upper-Structure Triads for Jazz Dominant Color — Practical Playbook

2026-03-21

Tempo-Dependent Swing Ratio & Downbeat Delay: A Practical Field Guide

2026-03-20

Jazz Metric Modulation Practice & Performance Playbook

2026-03-20

Shell → Drop-2 Comping Voice-Leading Playbook (Jazz Standards)

2026-03-17

Rhythm Changes Comping Practice System (A Practical Playbook)

2026-03-12

Microtiming & Entrainment for Jazz: A Practical Practice Playbook

2026-03-10

Contextual Interference for Jazz Vocabulary Retention: A Practical Playbook

2026-03-10

Guide-Tone Lines on ii–V–I: A Practical Practice System

2026-03-09

Why the Major Scale Feels Inevitable: Deep + Maximally Even

2026-02-15

Tonnetz & Neo-Riemannian Harmony: Why Some "Weird" Chord Moves Feel Strangely Inevitable

2026-02-15

Syntonic Comma: Why Tuning Never Quite Closes the Loop

2026-02-15

Shepard Tone: The Endless Staircase of Pitch (and Why It Feels So Unsettling)

2026-02-15

Risset Rhythm: The Barberpole Illusion for Tempo

2026-02-15

Rhythm Phasing: When Time Becomes Harmony

2026-02-15

Partimento: the lost improv operating system behind classical music training

2026-02-15

Negative Harmony: Mirror Trick or Real Musical Tool?

2026-02-15

Missing Fundamental: Why We Hear Bass That Isn’t There

2026-02-15

Combination Tones: When Your Ear Secretly Does Ring Modulation

2026-02-15

Coltrane Changes: Why *Giant Steps* Still Feels Like a Boss Level

2026-02-15

Tritone Substitution: Why It Feels Like Jazz Teleportation

2026-02-14

The Bohlen–Pierce Scale: What Happens If You Fire the Octave?

2026-02-14