today we're going to look at one of the most useful features
of mapping tonal harmony pro 8 and that's interacting with the map and the score so for
today's video we're going to use a walking thing which you can find in the jazz standards add-on
while doing this we actually discovered a better way to analyze and interpret the songs what we're
going to do is use this as an opportunity later on to show you how to use the edit features
that are also within mapping tonal harmony pro 8. if you do already have the jazz standards add-on
this revised analysis will be included in our next update so one thing i want you guys to
keep in mind is that harmonic analysis is an art form and although many times there's only
one correct analysis sometimes the solution is not so clear-cut composers play with this ambiguity
constantly and analyzing songs teaches us so much about the composer's mind and style so wait for
the next update to get the revised analyses of the songs in your catalog alright so let's get started
remember that in mapping tonal harmony pro a song or progression is always loaded and the map
and the score are showing the same song from two different perspectives
so right now we're looking at a walking thing the revised version the score shows a lead sheet with
full harmonic analysis and the map shows a global view of the functions present in the song here's
the first tip of the day pinch to zoom on the map and zoom in as much as possible so that the chords
shown fit perfectly in the view this is a great tip for for smaller devices let's play it
as you can see the score and the map are synchronized so every time a function is played
it's also shown in the map the inversions panel and the base detector down here at
the bottom right are also linked to the play along
the map also highlights all essential cadences as they appear during the
playback if you're a new user all of these things moving around and lighten up may seem
pointless but as you get used to how the map works you're going to find it extremely useful i promise
so i'm going to assume you've seen our videos on how the map is organized if you haven't
done so already please click on this i card and watch that video and then come back to this one
all right the first thing that you must understand is that the score map and versions panel and bass
detector are always in sync regardless if you are playing the song or tapping on the chords
so if i tap on the first chord in the chart it will play and show it on the map
the inversions panel will show the inversion the chord is and the bass detector will count
important events based on the sequence of chords that have been played so far
for example if i tap on the same chord again the app will show it again on the map but the bass
detector will show a pedal point with a count of one meaning the previous chord had the same bass
note thus creating a pedal point if i tap on it again and the bass detector will show a two
if you keep tapping on the first chord the number will increase
indefinitely this is because the bass is counting bass line events that are essential in harmony
such as pedal points ascending or descending stepwise and movements around the circle of fifths
tap on the second chord in the chart the d minor seven over c and you'll see that the one minor
chord on the map turns into a one minor seven and the shape is a heptagon uh seven sides indicating
this is a chord and third inversion therefore the seventh is on the base which is indicated by the
seven sided shape the heptagon the inversions panel has highlighted the heptagon also and
the bass detector now shows that from the first chord to the second one the song creates a nice
downward stepwise motion this descending bass line is a fundamental part of why the harmony in
a walking thing works tap on the next chord and you'll see where the b minor 7 flat 5
is located in the map it is in root position you can see this reflected in the inversions panel
the base detector now shows two consecutive downward steps so the song is creating something
known as a baseline cliche a very effective technique in fact if we keep tapping on the
chords in order we get an entire descending scale look at the bass detector it now says eight counts
of a descending stepwise motion on the bass this is a crucial element of this particular song
okay there's a lot of harmony theory we can learn from this first eight bars in the song but
today i'm only interested in showing you how to interact with the map and the score so let's leave
the theoretical implications if you will for the next video another crucial piece of information
that the score is communicating to the map is the key or keys that are present in the song
as you can see there's a couple of functions in the map that are grayed out that's because they
don't belong to the current key a walking thing modulates to b flat major in the b section so this
2 5 right here is not part of the a section in the key of d minor let me change the map
so that it shows chords instead of functions
you do that in the map displays preferences menu item in the maps toolbar on the right
here just turn the function button off and the map will show the functions as quartz easy peasy
so the a section in d minor only contains the chords that are shown in bright color
notice how the map is in d minor the bluish hue of the map indicates we're in a minor key
remember the app shows both major and minor simultaneously
let's tap on this pivot chord the the c minor seven where the song modulates a major third down
from the key of d minor to the key of b flat major and pay attention at the hue of the map
so now we're in the key of b flat major and as you can see
this section of the song consists only of two five one progressions
as soon as i get to this b minor 7 which the composer used as a pivot chord
we're back in the key of d minor we'll talk about this modulation on the next video all right so
so far we've seen how the score is always sending your touch please leave a comment down below
if you have any questions specific to any of the features in mapping toner harmony pro and we might
make a video about it if enough people ask for it like subscribe and uh we'll catch you next time
not only the harmonic regression but tonal harmony in general as well
so the map doesn't send touch events to the chart let's resize