learned about DTP (desktop publishing software)
It has a cool feature called datamerge where you can use spreadsheets to populate designs. Scribus can do mailmerge from csv. being able to patch process multiple things into a cohesive publication is a big deal. the data entry format looks like this.
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Here is the link for the python script that adds this functionality
scribus generator
you can print your own shipping labels and make stickers!!
The link is to a pdf I made of spread voiced chords in every key. alternating between a major 6 and a diminished chord to harmonize up the major scale using the b6 as a passing note to create an even octatonic scale. each diminished chord can resolve to 4 different keys. page 4 is on half whole diminished scales on ukulele and then I included a few other scales for fun
mapped it all out as mermaid then touched it up in autodesk sketchup
bc it was super short and wide.
previewed it with mermaid js
screenshot with flameshot
added mermaid js and markdown support to my blog to try
to do it all with mermaid but im not going to keep it
I like using html now and its not worth loading the
highlight js cdn twice.
ai upscaled it in ibispaint because it was pixelly.
printerfriendly version dropbox link
the lowest diminished chord on uke is c#dim7.
the c#,e,g,Bb diminished chord is a half step below the d,f,ab,b diminished chord where the 1 chords live.
im saying m6 and m3 meaning b3 here
ios and on mac you can use the pages app. It has a scroll function. I don't trust the free apps the data harvesting creeps me out. many of the paid ones you can't even own they are like a 60$ yearly subscription. Even after you buy them you still need to by a two way mirrored glass camera attachment. If its not going to be good even after spending 60$ Id rather just memorize it. If your eyes arent looking at the camera directly theres no point. Might be useful for some makeshift karaoke
| Mode Name | Scale Degrees |
|---|---|
| 1. Harmonic Major | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – ♭6 – 7 |
| 2. Dorian ♭5 | 1 – 2 – ♭3 – ♭4 – ♭5 – 6 – ♭7 |
| 3. Phrygian ♭4 | 1 – ♭2 – ♭3 – ♭4 – 5 – ♭6 – ♭7 |
| 4. Lydian diminished | 1 – 2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – ♭6 – ♭7 |
| 5. Mixolydian ♭2 | 1 – ♭2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – ♭6 – ♭7 |
| 6. Lydian Augmented ♯2 | 1 – ♯2 – 3 – ♯4 – ♯5 – 6 – 7 |
| 7. Locrian ♭♭7 | 1 – ♭2 – ♭3 – 4 – ♭5 – ♭6 – ♭♭7 |
| Scale | Degrees (Relative to Major Scale) |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Dorian | 1 – 2 – b3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – b7 – 1 |
| Byzantine | 1 – b2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – b6 – 7 – 1 |
| Hungarian Minor | 1 – 2 – b3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 1 |
| Melodic Minor | 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 1 |
| Harmonic Minor | 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – b6 – 7 – 1 |
| Aeolian | 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – b6 – b7 – 1 |
| Dorian | 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – b7 – 1 |
| Lydian Dominant | 1 – 2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – b7 – 1 |
| Lydian ♯2 | 1 – ♯2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 1 |
| Half-whole Diminished | 1 – b2 – ♯2 – 3 – ♯4 – 5 – 6 – b7 – 1 |
| Whole-Half Diminished | 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – b5 – ♭6 – 6 – 7 – 1 |
| Altered Scale | 1 – b2 – ♯2 – 3 – ♯4 – b6 – b7 – 1 |
Major 6
| LH | RH |
|---|---|
| 1, 6 | 3, 5, 1 |
| 2, 7 | 4, b6, 2 |
| 3, 1 | 5, 6, 3 |
| 4, 2 | b6, 7, 4 |
| 5, 3 | 6, 1, 5 |
| b6, 4 | 7, 2, b6 |
| 6, 5 | 1, 3, 6 |
| 7, b6 | 2, 4, 7 |
| degree | LH | RH | note | third details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | major 6th | minor third, 4th | egc over ca | bottom note in RH |
| 3rd | minor 6th | maj 2nd, 5th | g,a,e over ec. The g,a cluster is 4th inv of A min7 | bottom in LH top in RH |
| 5th | 6th | minor third, 5th | a min7 fifthless (acg) over g6 shell | top in LH |
| 6th | b7th | maj third, 4th | 6th chord cea (am7 2nd inv) over ag 7th shell | 2nd note in RH |
Notice how the third isn't voiced in the right hand on the 5th degree but it is on the 1st, 3rd and 6th. The third is in the left hand on the 3rd degree as the bottom note, then on the 5th degree the third is the top note in the left hand. It's absent from the left hand on the 6th degree while the RH takes it.
Its cool how the third shuffles back and forth between hands. On the 3rd degree the pinkies get joint custody on that day.
Minor 6
| LH | RH |
|---|---|
| 1, 6 | b3, 5, 1 |
| 2, 7 | 4, b6, 2 |
| b3, 1 | 5, 6, b3 |
| 4, 2 | b6, 7, 4 |
| 5, b3 | 6, 1, 5 |
| b6, 4 | 7, 2, b6 |
| 6, 5 | 1, b3, 6 |
| 7, b6 | 2, 4, 7 |
The difference between the major and the minor is the b3. The Diminished patterns stays the same.
