Welcome to my first blog on my new website!
This blog series will cover anything and everything from KnorrMusic, the KnorrSchool and my personal experiences in music.
This month’s blog is about a part of my teaching that is fun to research and very rewarding for my students: The official “EFTR Project”…
The EFTR (Examples From The Repertoire) Project is an ongoing effort to catalog musical examples of topics from all corners of the KnorrSchool Curriculum. From scale types to chord types, theory concepts to approaches for creating rhythm and lead guitar parts, this database leaves no topic, genre, or time-period in music untapped.
One of the most sought-after topics in the project is the use of Modes. This seems to be a polarizing topic in online discussion groups for some reason but the truth is in the music. Here are some examples of songs that use the Aeolian mode:
The project includes Spotify playlists that allow students to hear the examples in their original context.
Here are some examples of phrase-groups from the topic of musical Form:
Many entries in the database are notated in various forms. Here is an example of the use of the 7(#9) chord:
Current students have unrestricted access to the database and are encouraged to contribute their own discoveries. This makes for a really good and rewarding ear training exercise.
My ears are always open to finding examples. From TV commercials to movie soundtracks, concerts to the neighbor’s loud car stereo, the rhythm in the dryer caused by a coin left in a pocket, music is everywhere and every piece of music is an example of some topic. One of the latest entries was discovered while transcribing the studio version of the solo to Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung.” The solo features at least 3 different arpeggios: Cmi, Gmi and C7.
See if you can find them! Send an email to david@knorrschool.com and give the time markers for each one.
Well, that’s all for now. I’d like to hear your thoughts on this month’s blog.
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See ya next month!