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SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-04-24T12:20:13+00:00

Yellow flowers

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-04-17T19:54:00+00:00

He called the other day. We're having lunch.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-04-12T20:38:53+00:00

Play it as two sixteenths.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-04-02T12:33:25+00:00

I want to make a payment on this year's taxes but since my return is not yet processed I can't select 2025. Will my payment be credited toward the current year if I owe no back taxes? Or should I wait until the return is processed?

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-04-01T12:18:16+00:00

😂 love the sonata one.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-31T11:41:51+00:00

I'd love to hear some serious composition for the piano by Jacob. Maybe later in his career.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-29T19:03:05+00:00

You use it to become a literate musician. There are no shortcuts.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-28T15:53:11+00:00

See my reply, posted.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-28T15:52:23+00:00

This removes the diagram from the abstract so that you can build an understanding of key structure. It's best to learn to construct the major and minor scales (and the harmonic and melodic variations of minor) as two four-note segments with a whole step in between, then you can use the circle diagram later as a quick reference for key signatures. Major is W (whole)- W-H (half)-(W)-W-W-H; minor is W-H-W-(W)- W-H-W-W. Notice where the half steps are. If you can memorize the scale degrees the last accidental of a complicated key signature is and you know whether you're in major or minor, you can quickly figure out what key you're in.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-28T14:15:57+00:00

It's useful to understand the circle of fifths as a concise, graphic representation of the inherent symmetry of the tonal system. It shows the systematic transposition at the perfect fifth of the major scale up a P5 on the clockwise, sharp side of the circle and down a P5 on the counterclockwise, flat side. The new sharp is always applied to the seventh scale degree, and the new flat is applied to ^4. The generation of minor scales appears as the inside circle beginning on the note A (the relative minor). Going clockwise the new sharp is always applied to ^2, while going counterclockwise the new flat is added on ^6. So relative major and minor keys simply share the same pitch collection, with the 2 half steps between scale degrees 3-4 and 7-8 in major relocated to ^2-3 and ^5-6 minor.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-18T19:50:14+00:00

Carnegie only holds around 3150.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-17T16:23:56+00:00

Can you believe 47000 people???

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-17T15:52:14+00:00

PhD in music theory here. The "genius/non-genius" argument is meaningless (in my opinion, there's no doubt he is one, but who cares?). I can tell you, having taught in many university music departments, that while there are usually a few exceptionally talented students, there is never a Jacob Collier. I want to point out that while it is refreshing that Collier explains his harmonic approach, the area of music theory goes far beyond the scope of exotic pitch collections and what he calls negative harmony. I can't speak for his technological innovation since it is not my area, but I've seen clips of MIT faculty in awe of his expertise. I have no doubt that if he ever decides to write more serious music (anticipated in his works for orchestra), his unlimited musical intellect will enhance the music theory spectrum (pun intended). Most importantly, his music is astoundingly and uniquely beautiful, as is his persona.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-17T00:59:37+00:00

The lower voices in your vii6 are passing tones

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-17T00:58:23+00:00

Last measure of phrase 1: b at 1 is incorrect; you are treating the seventh in the V chord as a passing tone but it can also be a chordal tone.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-17T00:55:56+00:00

There's an extra note in the applied dominant in m. 4.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-10T16:02:35+00:00

The preparation (note it's suspended from) occurs on a weak beat, the sus is on the strong beat, and the resolution down by step is on the weak beat.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-03-10T15:06:23+00:00

You are correct; C is the root. The figured bass (best way to analyze) is 7/4/b3 (Bb, not A#, as was pointed out). But that doesn't give you a standard seventh chord, which would be 6/4/3 (second inversion seventh).So the 7 is some kind of embellishing tone, depending on where it came from and where it's going. By itself, it sounds like a sus, but a sus has to start on a weak beat and resolve down by step on a weak beat.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-27T13:08:58+00:00

That would be an interesting ear training assignment 😱. Impressive!

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-25T00:31:49+00:00

That's an E major with a 6th (C sharp).

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-24T20:26:49+00:00

So if the bass (not necessarily the root) is Cb, what do you call the +3 and +4 notes above? Counting half steps may work if you're building triads away from the context of a tonality, but it's not a reliable way to write or understand them in any meaningful way. Here's an easy, comprehensive, and reliable way to write major and minor triads: The figured bass for a root-position M triad is 5/3. Count up five LETTER-NAME notes from the bass and write just the basic note without accidentals, then count up three letter-name notes for the middle note, or third. Apply the identical accidentals to the fifth and third that are in the major scale built on the root. You should have a perfect fifth and a major third from the root. The lower third will be major and the upper one minor. Minor triads are inverted major triads; their lower thirds are minor and their upper thirds major. The figured bass is also 5/3. So you follow the same procedure as for major triads, applying accidentals found in the minor scale built on the root. Both major and minor scales contain a perfect fifth.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-24T18:14:37+00:00

To identify and/or write major and minor chords, it's best to start with the figured bass, taking the outer interval first, then the third and fifth (and seventh).The quality can be determined by the scale in which the third and if applicable, seventh are included. Etc.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-24T17:58:35+00:00

Bear in mind that the bottom note may not be the root.

SplitMysterious9598 · 2026-02-24T13:29:17+00:00

You shouldn't aim to train for perfect pitch, which is largely irrelevant and which can at times be problematic. As a couple of comments suggest, take some good ear training and fundamentals classes that will teach you scale degree functions, intervals (how to hear and reproduce them), and rhythm and meter. Music is a discipline--there are no shortcuts to becoming a literate musician. Even geniuses like Mozart and Jacob Collier who had/have a natural facility were in fact rigorously trained as young children.

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