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Aug 01, 00:58 in ToneGym Official

@Mary-Ellen Lane won the Championship. Congrats for winning!

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Mary-Ellen Lane
Aug 01, 04:10

(blushing)

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Douglas Noble
Aug 01, 09:19

Very well done, Mary-Ellen!

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niklas rademacher
Jul 30 in ToneGym Cafe

hey guys,

i'm struggling with differentiating aug & dim chords. any tips?

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John Huang
Jul 31

Augmented sounds more open and stretched, and diminished sounds squished to me. It becomes more of a feeling than something you actively hear. Danzo's answer is also pretty good, I think.

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John Huang
Aug 01, 06:04

Another note: The diminished chord sounds like a dominant 7 chord without the root note. It's the main cue I use when I need to distinguish it in isolation.

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Kinsey Nietzsche
Aug 01, 06:17

this is a struggle for me as well, but unlike Aug, the Dim exists among the scale triads as the leading tone triad (vii0), so I always try to imagine if the chord could serve in this role or not.

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ToneGym
Jul 29 in Basic Music Theory

Congrats @gy mi for completing the 'Music Theory Basics' program!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 29

Good for you!!

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Colin Aiken
Aug 01, 00:52

Good job!

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ToneGym
Jul 29 in Complete Music

Congrats @gy mi for completing the 'Complete Music' program!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 29

Good for you!!

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Colin Aiken
Aug 01, 00:52

Incredible work.

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ToneGym
Jul 30 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @Kewei Lyu for winning the Silver Ears Award!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 30

.congratulations!!

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Colin Aiken
Aug 01, 00:51

Well done!

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ToneGym
Jul 30 in ToneGym Olympics

Progressions Champ Winner, Jul. 27th - Jul. 30th:

1st: @Beto Ojeda 71 pts
2nd: @John Huang 70 pts
3rd: @Beto Ojeda 68 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=XLAO9RA8XP2

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 30

Congratulations!!

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Colin Aiken
Aug 01, 00:50

Fantastic!

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ToneGym
Jul 31 in ToneGym Cafe

DOMi & JD Beck just wrote a full orchestral record using Stravinsky, Ravel and Steve Reich as their reference points. This is what happens when jazz prodigies go full classical 🎹🤯

Are These Two The Future Of Music?

Composition

1 hr 12 min

Rick Beato

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Cuantas Vacas
Jul 31, 12:40

These two peculiar individuals are on the bright side of the PRESENT of music!

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Cuantas Vacas
Jul 27 in ToneGym Olympics

'Early twins...easy wins!' lol

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Beto Ojeda
Jul 28

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John Huang
Jul 28

(rerolls for C Major)
(splits the twins up)

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Beto Ojeda
Jul 28

@John Huang Great score! You beat the second twin, and with a few more tries, you'd probably beat the first one too... now I have to try to beat the triplets lol

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ToneGym
Jul 27 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @BELOVORON TikTok for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 27

Congratulations!! Good for you!!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 28

Fantastic!

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ToneGym
Jul 27 in ToneGym Olympics

Intervals Champ Winner, Jul. 23rd - Jul. 27th:

1st: @Mark Tomato Alley 61 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 56 pts
3rd: @Stefan Strohmaier 44 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=0NDVRQA4CJE

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 27

Congratulations!!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 28

Excellent!

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Peter Asenso Mensah
Jul 28 in ToneGym Cafe

Hearing notes

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ToneGym
Jul 23 in ToneGym Olympics

Inversions Champ Winner, Jul. 20th - Jul. 23rd:

1st: @Beto Ojeda 38 pts
2nd: @Cuantas Vacas 35 pts
3rd: @John Huang 34 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=MER3NA9VL74

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DAVID ROA
Jul 26

jajajaja

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P S
Jul 27

Excellent work!!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 27

Congratulations !!

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