AW
32 posts
May 27, 2010
4:49 PM
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For those inclined I found a new free app that is the circle of fifths with the musical key signature.
It doesn't do much or have any sounds, but it's free.
If you haven't memorized the circle, you can have it for reference.
App name:
Quinterval
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EddieT
11 posts
May 28, 2010
6:24 AM
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Thanks for posting. Now if I can just figure out how to use it I'll be set.
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-Edward Tomaine
http://www.youtube.com/user/HungTaoChoyMei
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RyanMortos
715 posts
May 28, 2010
7:42 AM
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Hey this is quite nice did you make it? This got me into a discussion with my co-worker who's a musician about how to find where the next sharp goes mathematically which should make it easier for me to figure out the scales :) .
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~Ryan
"I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window." - Stephen Wright
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
Contact:
My youtube account
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nacoran
1952 posts
May 28, 2010
10:45 AM
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Ryan, the way I learned the order of flats and sharps was:
#'s- Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle
b's- Battle Ends And Down Goes Charle's Father
Which is nice, and it let's you remember what order to add them to the key signature, but then you still have to figure out what key signature you've created!
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AW
33 posts
May 28, 2010
7:11 PM
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No, I didn't make it, just stumbled across it doing an iTunes search.
EddieT here's how I use it:
The connection between the key of your harmonica and the position in which you are playing is determined clockwise on the circle. First position is playing in the key of the harp. C harp = C song. Second position is one space over (going clockwise) or if you are counting from where you start as 1, then in space 2. I think of it this way since the counting number is the same as the position. second position, C harp = G song.
So, those who play in jams (which I don't yet so correct me if I'm wrong) most often start with the key of the song. (e.g. Key to the Highway in G) So if you know what key the song is in and what position you feel most inclined to play, you count from that key as one COUNTERCLOCKwise to get to your key of harmonica.
It takes a lot longer to type this out than to really do it, but hopefully I've made it reasonably clear.
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jim
68 posts
May 29, 2010
12:37 AM
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Search for Jukemaster. It's a classy and useful app we've made for learning songs by ear. Freeware.
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www.truechromatic.com
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phogi
437 posts
May 29, 2010
1:05 AM
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B-E-A-D, G-C-F (the word bead, then greatest common factor) order of flats. Sharps is same thing backwards.
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phogi
438 posts
May 29, 2010
4:12 AM
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Something worth knowing:
http://www.billshrink.com/blog/3891/iphone-versus-palm-pre-versus-android/
I keep thinking of getting a smartphone.
Then i realize it's not very smart to buy one.
$1000 minimum per year.
Until they find an app that can cook my dinner,
it's just not worth that kind of money.
Or, if the iphone can cook my dinner, double as a high quality hard disk recorder, looping station, etc...
Then I might think about it.
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jim
71 posts
May 29, 2010
4:51 AM
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There's plenty of useful stuff on the iphone.
iStrobosoft - a chromatic instrument tuner for $10 only. It is a full analog of a device worth $500+
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www.truechromatic.com
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