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Thursday, June 11, 2026

495. ISOKRATIC (DRONE) PAIRS OF NOTES 4-5 THAT DIFFER BY A TONE , MODES, HARMONIC TRIADS OF CHORDS, ANCIENT POWER CHORDS, SUBSTITUTIONS AND EVEN-ODD NOTES CHORDS-ARPEGGIOS

Rule 2.  Each harmonic triad defines this pair.


E.g, the 3M7-6m-2m harmonic triad defines the 3-2 isokratics  (or ancient power chords 3P-2P, where the 6m is usually substituted by 3P, and rarely by 2P) , or the even-odds chord arpeggios. 3-5#-7-2=3M7 and 2-4-6-1 =2m7 . 

Rule 1 This rule is supplemented with the rule where any triad of any mode of a diatonic scale is substituted wth the triad of a single mode through substitutions by relative chords. E.g. If in a song there are the chords 5M, 1M, 4M, but also 2m, 6m, 3m, and 7d then to absorb all chords only in the triad 5P, 1P, 4P, the 2m is substituted with 4M (relative chords) thus eventually 4P , 6m by 1M (relative chords), thus by 1P, and 3m and 7d by 1M7 (again, relative chords) thus by 5P. 


With these two rules, we can convert an ordinary chord progression of minor and major chords to only 3 or 2 ancient power chords. 

But conversely, it can be used to discover an ordinary chord progression of minor and major chords of a melody by starting at first with an harmonization with only 2 or only 3 ancient power chords. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCGvw-N_BA

The idea, of course, behind the pair of isokratic notes differing by an interval of a 2nd in a mode of a scale is that any melody on a mode of a scale can be harmonized with 2 chords: the odd notes chord corresponding to the note number 5 and the even notes chord corresponding to the note 4.


When in a song, which is in a scale and mode, of notes, numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, the isocratic notes are 4-5, then, the bass line, is the notes 2-4-6-1 as long as isocratic note 4 lasts and 1-3-5-7 as long as isocratic note 5 lasts. The isokratic notes are also ancient power chords (neither major neithe minor, made from interval of 8th and 5th like C-C'-G')
This bass method, in a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 mode-scale, is based on the musical theorem, in harmony, that every melody in such a mode can be harmonized with two single 4-chord chords, 1-3-5-7 and 2-4-6-1. So the bass lines are arpeggios on these two four-chord chords. We always talk about diatonic modes or modes in melodic or harmonic minor.

Monday, June 8, 2026

494. HOW TO UNLOCK THE IMPROVISATION OF BASS-LINES WITH THE ISOKRATIC (DRONES)TRINITY OF TONAL, SUBDOMINANT AND DOMINANT NOTES 1-4-5.

 The idea, of course, behind the pair of isokratic notes differing by an interval of a 2nd in a mode of a scale is that any melody on a mode of a scale can be harmonized with 2 chords: the odd notes chord corresponding to the note numbers 5 or 1 and the even notes chord corresponding to the note 4.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

493. THE DIMINISHED 7NTH CHORD IS A GATE TO RESOLVE TO 4 DIFFERENT TONALITIES

 

THE DIMINISHED 7NTH CHORD IS A GATE TO RESOLVE TO 4 DIFFERENT TONALITIES

7dim7 = 7 2 4 5#

By lower by a semitone one note of the diminished 7th chord, we result to a major dominant 7th chord, which in its turn resolves to a major chord, which has root i again another note of the initial diminished 7th chord but one semitone higher

7dim7 =7 2 4 5#  via  5M7=7 2 4 5 resolve to  1M

7dim7 =7 2 4 5#  via  3M7= 7 2 3 5 #resolve to  6M

7dim7 =7 2 4 5#  via  1#M7= 7 1# ,4, 5#  resolve to  4#M=5bM

7dim7 =7 2 4 5#  via  7bM7=7b 2 4 5 # resolve to  2#M=3bM

E.g.

THE DIMINISHED 7NTH CHORD IS A GATE TO RESOLVE TO 4 DIFFERENT TONALITIES

Bdim7 = b d f g#

By lower by a semitone one note of the diminished 7th chord, we result to a major dominant 7th chord, which in its turn resolves to a major chord, which has root i again another note of the initial diminished 7th chord but one semitone higher

Bdim7 =b d f g#  via  GM7=b d f g resolve to  CM

Bdim7 =b d f g#  via  EM7= b d e g# resolve to  AM

Bdim7 =b d f g#  via  C#M7= b c# ,f, g#  resolve to  F#M=GbM

Bdim7 =b d f g#  via  BbM7=Bb d f g # resolve to  D#M=EbM

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

489. MELODY IMPROVISATIONS WITH 3 LAYERS OF HARMONIC, MELODIC AND CHROMATIC STRUCTURE

The main idea is to include the harmony in the structure of the melodu improvisation.


And in order to do so, we create melodies that 


1) Have harmonic moves (corresponds to harmonic cycles of chords)

2) Melodic waves (corresponds to chord arpeggios)

3) Chromatic ripples (corresponds to chromatic embellishments or chromatic arpeggios) 


Examples of melodies with quite clear such structure are


1) The improvisational melodies of overtone flutes

2) The Dan Bau (or duxianqin ) improvisation melodies

3) The trombone improvisation melodies

4) Mongolian Morin Khuur cello, improvisation melodies

5) Chinese vilin Erhu, improvisation melodies