Monthly Archives: January 2025

Tritones: They Aren’t Just For Evil Anymore (Emulate, Assimilate, Innovate part 3a)

(or: From Hellish To Hopeful: the exoneration of the tritone in western music)  In the late 1970s, a group called Florida Orange Juice Growers sponsored an ad campaign to spread the message that orange juice could be consumed at any … Continue reading

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Boptosaurus: bop language on a ii-V funk groove

Chameleon, from Herbie Hancock’s 1973 album Headhunters, is an iconic and frequently played jazz tune in which the first section of the tune is based on just two chords, B flat minor seventh and Eb dominant seventh (aka ‘major-minor seventh’), … Continue reading

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