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Learning Bach with beats
If the Violin Partita is dance music, let's make it danceable
Sep 15 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
5
Western tonal theory can not explain the blues
Or even the Beatles
Sep 8 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
5
2
50:31
A couple of media hits
I'm in the Associated Press and MusicRadar this week
Sep 6 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
5
1
The harmonic backbone of the blues
Two chords and the truth
Sep 1 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
8

August 2025

How "Giant Steps" ruined jazz education
and why it's not Coltrane's fault
Aug 24 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
8
5
1:07:27
"I want to hear it melodic"
"Giant Steps" and the jazz academy
Aug 20 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
1
You may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house!"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!"
Aug 12 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
7
2
51:39
Once in a Lifetime
might be my favorite song
Aug 8 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
7
I'm a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl
Aug 1 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
5
43:27

July 2025

Bachelorette
What is Björk singing about and who is she singing it to?
Jul 30 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
4
Emotional landscapes
They puzzle me
Jul 24 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
6
46:00
Jóga
is my favorite Björk song
Jul 23 • 
Dr. Ethan Hein
5
3
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