SOFTWARE

MODAL EAR X

EarTrainer X is an educational application that was designed for the composer/improvisor in need of increased skills in the aural identification of modal melodic and harmonic materials. The app creates an infinite number of examples of tetrachords, modes, scales, and single or groups of modal chords. The examples are displayed on staves as with any notation program for the checking of answers. System requirements: Mac OSX 10.1.3 and above, the included music fonts.

PATTERNS X

Patterns X is the software equivalent to the much acclaimed book "Patterns For Jazz" by Jerry Coker et al. An infinite number of melodic shapes and patterns are created for use as practice materials or compositional needs. Categories include: Random Symmetric Patterns, PreSet Patterns, Random modal shapes, Random scaler shapes, Symmetric Modal/Scaler sequences, and Preset Modal/Scaler sequences. There are options for manipulation of the results by transposition, and inversion of interval direction and reversal of melodic direction, all of which yield some interesting a beautiful results. System requirements: Mac OSX 10.1.3 and above, the included music font.

CHORDS X

further develpoing PatternsX, this app is the precurser of the Jazz Comp app. The melodic shapes created as in Patterns X are harmonized with an infinite variety of modal chords.

DRUMTHING

DrumThing can be described as the "Big Brother" of grooveLoops. DrumThing is closer to being a full professional app.

BASSTHING

Still in progress, this app will provide the pop and jazz improvisor with that 'play along' practice that is so ubiquituos; it differs from other software-based playalongs in that the user clicks on a staff to place the roots of choice. The random create part puts the app in the algoithmoc composition categorie as well.

PITCH 'n' CLICK

This is a small but useful app that is a software metronome with an additional pitch generator for reference. Designed to assist in transcribing when a piano or metronome is not available for reference.

EAR TRAINER HTML

This is a cross-platform Ear Trainer in HTML format that can be run from the net, It has tetrachords and modal chords from easy to advanced; and has cool graphics and multitimbral MIDI files that are in MP3 format. System requirements: Any web browser.

JAZZ COMPOSITION TOOLBOX X

Still in progress, this app will create all the examples found in the Modal Jazz Composition and Harmony books and much more. System requirements: Mac OSX 10.1.3 to 10.2.8.