tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post5862392451818132876..comments2023-12-04T09:29:06.375-08:00Comments on Casa Valdez Studios: More 8 tonic theoryDavid Carlos Valdezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-622076580863489542015-01-09T10:28:13.295-08:002015-01-09T10:28:13.295-08:00Links are FIXED!Links are FIXED!David Carlos Valdezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-37870687815411760162015-01-01T14:31:23.719-08:002015-01-01T14:31:23.719-08:00I've been using 4 dominants a minor third apar...I've been using 4 dominants a minor third apart at the 5th, b2nd, 3rd, and b7 positions relative to the tonic for a while now. The effectiveness of looking at dominants functionally rather than merely diatonically dawned on me while studying Ted Dunbar's Tonal Convergence text.<br /><br />Your posts are opening up another vista here. Unfortunately the dropbox links to the .pdf and audio samples in related 8 tonic theory blog entries are broken or the files are missing.<br /><br />Would you please make these available again? I'm very interested in this material. Thanks so much.Fotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007988976078757166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-30647234350459588592014-09-26T05:04:53.695-07:002014-09-26T05:04:53.695-07:00Ah, I got you now. Slowly but surely...Ah, I got you now. Slowly but surely...David Wilkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817448398196836336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-75532159727746029112014-09-25T14:36:24.500-07:002014-09-25T14:36:24.500-07:00No, that is correct. The Ab-7 is the related ii-7 ...No, that is correct. The Ab-7 is the related ii-7 of the tri-tone sub V7. So playing the Ab-7 over the G7 is effectively like playing the Db7.David Carlos Valdezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1780251267255508392014-09-25T14:11:50.352-07:002014-09-25T14:11:50.352-07:00I think that in your first example you have a typo...I think that in your first example you have a typo. Shouldn't it be a Bb7 instead of Ab-7?David Wilkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817448398196836336noreply@blogger.com