https://www.infinitesongbook.com/home daily 1.0 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/76cb58e7-64f1-40db-9380-17df48b4286c/image_50417665.JPG Home - Make it stand out Lenny and George https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/ba7ce2ce-2426-446a-85dc-bb23c49fdf17/0.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.infinitesongbook.com/general-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/6f05d084-1e06-48ff-9bb2-2aecc0e1c261/0.jpeg How It Works - Here is what the Infinite Songbook looks like. All the images were hand drawn and/or painted by Circ D’ Narts and are densely configured with esoteric musical information. They were then digitized, sucked down cold metal wires, turned into wavelengths of information that entered a low earth orbit, traveled across the globe, then were un-digitized as they were printed by professionals onto cards that can be conveniently shipped to you, who will then use the Infinite Songbook to generate infinitely changing chord sequences which will, over time, help to sculpt your ignorance into mastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/1bcd2f53-a6a3-4896-8014-75b271d129e7/Acolyte+web+example.png How It Works C Major-IonianMode-“Spirals” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/cd7260f1-f255-4bb2-abd7-dba69db8f7e7/0-6.jpeg How It Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/ef90039a-0008-4448-a042-dfa15d4fb0ca/0-7.jpeg How It Works - Make it stand out Some progressions will be short and simple, others may be longer and more complex. Play these to discover “new” chords and to hear the interesting intervals between chords. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/2ffa35a6-546b-4ff6-bfa9-1bcfa40931db/image_16875265.JPG How It Works - Make it stand out Woops. These A#/Bb cards don’t fit with the Dorian Mode on the Am card that is functioning as the “key” or “tonic”…it is now more of a Bebop Dorian Mode… I guess we could use these new cards as a part of a chorus, or I maybe they fit nicely as lead back to the Am to loop the Verse. If only there was no G…for some unidentifiable reason I don’t like that G, even though it is the 7th Tone from the Tonic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/8824a173-4517-49ef-84d6-d7a7d6de1437/0-12.jpeg How It Works - Make it stand out How we arrange, shift, and organize the cards is all up to us…with the understanding that less change is MORE . We could begin another round until a PLAY card is reached, or just draw a single card and use that along with some of the other chords that are already in you Verse to make a Chorus for your composition. Let’s do that. Ok, C- which as you can see on the Am Card noodle crutch, is the 3rd tone one the Dorian Mode in the key of A. Now we can just stay with the C as a Chorus, or mix it with certain elements from the verse. It may be a good idea to begin to write some of these progressions down, to allow you to hear and explore other intervals by shifting the cards around…without forgetting the various chord configurations that you wish to retain. In this way and many others, the Infinite Songbook can be used as a powerful song writing tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/f09893ae-f877-4b50-b779-40a79056cc28/0-9.jpeg How It Works Draw until a play cad is hit. Just two. Let’s initiate another round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/ae3ea901-8a87-4209-ad5c-cdac10945d2b/0-10.jpeg How It Works - Make it stand out Not bad. What happens if we merge them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/5aebee06-bffb-45de-b42b-41f01f1f24fe/0-8.jpeg How It Works - Make it stand out After we pull the G chord out of there, and we are left with only the two A#/Bb cards back to the Am… and then we have ourselves something approaching a suitable Verse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/312b84cb-5cf1-4480-b825-15834b599695/0-17.jpeg How It Works - Make it stand out That sounds pretty good without having to do much. Check out the Am card, because it is the first thing your mind hears, it sets the key of this phrase. A suggested mode on the noodle crutch image in the upper left of the Am card- in this case Dorian, will confirm why these cards sound nice together…And we can see that the E, which is the “5th” of A (the Tonic-5th harmony is loved by all) is missing, so we could add that in somewhere… But let’s see what happens if we initiate another round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/6ef1940c-17ae-41e2-b345-a85f0ed556f1/0-15.jpeg How It Works Only those experienced at the Infinite Songbook should attempt to use Shaman mode. There will be other people looming and criticizing at first, interested and appalled… …so stay focused and remember the aim here is to create a simple starting point for a group Jam. A quick play through and I sense it might be better to put the G#/Ab in front and give it the most weight, then after couple few measures, play through F for a measure, the F#7/Gb7 for a measure, and loop back to G#/Ab for another couple few measures… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6193e46cacfef62c3e024298/f94100fe-00fd-417c-b7ca-1d554e7607f5/image_6487327.JPG How It Works - Make it stand out Draw 1 more card to make a Chorus. Let’s see, an A. In playing around and mixing it with the other chords, I hear something I like about the interval between the A to F. Maybe I will do that back and fourth for a Chorus, then head back to the Verse. A percussive rhythm emerges and becomes the musical graph paper for the room. Remember that DANCING is an essential but silent percussive type of instrument and should be enjoyed by everyone present…if they feel like it. Others can use the noodle crutch and quickly SEE that the Locrian Mode of A relates to the Mixolydian Mode of F, and the Aeolian Mode of A relates to the Lydian Mode of F, and the Phygrian Mode of A relates to the Ionian Mode (major scale) of F…so that is all there to play with… Or others can just FEEL out a melody, by playing around on their instruments, hearing sour notes and using them as guides (like the banks of a river), and using a visual geometric understanding of music, find a little looping pattern of the notes that weave into the total tapestry. Do this until it the room catches on after a couple loops, allow the song to move beyond the cards and to begin writing itself, remembering that the Infinite Songbook is only to used as a raft to gently lead the group beyond the stifling rivers of self-consciousness and musical hesitation. Once these small barriers are crossed, you will be amazed by the innate musical capabilities that lie hidden within yourself and others. 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