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Just a few nitpicks, and things I think could be made clearer.
| quote: | | And the majority of trance music (at least from what I have transcribed) use basic major scales (often from C). |
I disagree with this. Most of the trance I hear is in minor keys based on A. It's true that Epic trance is known to employ major scales, but as far as trance goes, Epic should not be considered the rule of thumb, IMO.
This isn't to say you shouldn't start with major scales, though. They're easier for most people to teach because most people learn them first. You just shouldn't imply that you're teaching them first based on usefulness in trance music.
| quote: | | Therefore, if you see an Am you know its an A chord (A (root note) + C# (major 3rd) + E (perfect 5th) with the C# flattened by 1 semitone. therefore an Am = A, C, E. |
Small error, you've used Am to refer to both Am and Amaj.
| quote: | Therefore we have: STEP (from C to C# to D), STEP (D to Eb to E), HALF STEP (E to F), STEP (F to F# to G), STEP (G to Ab to A), STEP (A to Bb to B), HALF STEP (B to C)
The essential thing to remember is that a major scale goes: STEP, STEP, HALF STEP, STEP, STEP, STEP, HALF STEP |
These two paragraphs seem to contradict each other. The order of steps and half steps becomes dissimilar after the first few notes and there are more steps in the second paragraph than the first. You repeat this later on when adapting to minor scales, so I suspect I may be missing something. If I am missing something, maybe you could clarify as to this discrepancy.
| quote: | | This is essentially the same scale repeated twice, and you can do it with any scale from any root. Extend the numbering system up to 16 since you now have 16 notes to deal with. |
I've known about this convention for a long time, and I've never understood it. From C4 to C6 is very plainly 15 notes in octave scales, and a two octave jump in sheet music is denoted 15va, yet the notes seem to be numbered C1 = 1, D = 2, E = 3, F = 4, G = 5, A = 6, B = 7, C2 = 8/9, D = 10, etc. I'm willing to accept this convention, because I've seen it so many times, but no theory text I've seen can tell my why the hell I'm doing it, or even noted it as somewhat odd or bizarre. I can't possibly be alone in this. An explanation would be nice for the few people that just don't get this part.
Other than these nitpicks and comments, it's very thorough and informative. I can see a lot of effort went into it. Good job.
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