The Note Your Scale Won't Allow

About this episode

This episode explores a common question in music composition related to functional harmony and how intervals simplify the answer.

https://www.skool.com/circle-of-interval-magicians/about There's a question that trips up almost every composer trained in functional harmony. The answer most theory books give is complicated. Intervals make it simple.

People in this episode

Host: The Music Interval Theory Podcast

Topics covered

• music theory
• functional harmony
• intervals
• composition
• scales

Keywords

• music composition
• functional harmony
• intervals
• music theory
• scales

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Circle of Interval Magicians

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