Mathias Polligkeit

Use this Running Pace Calculator to determine various running metrics.

Zanzibar is a unified, planet-scale authorization system used by Google.

It is easy to find learning materials about specific technologies, but sometimes it is good to take a step back in order to gain a better understanding of the big picture beyond the technological side.

While the rest of the book approaches melodic material functionally and considers the relationship between note and harmony, this chapter will use trichords to introduce an intervallic approach to improvisation.

Instead of playing to a click on 1, 2, 3 and 4, you can interpret the clicks of the metronome as various positions in the bar.

Explicitly defining the rules and constraints of a design systems enables us to create consistent designs more easily.

We can extend a design system beyond the definition of design tokens and define rules for layouts as well, including rules for responsive behavior.

The previous articles explained the building blocks in detail, but not how to put everything together.

When creating a design system, a documentation with previews of all the design tokens is very useful.

After setting up our design tokens, custom properties, accessor functions and utility classes, let’s see how we can support multiple themes.

This article outlines how to generate utility classes from the design tokens defined in part 1 of this series.

In part 1 we defined the base variables for the system, in part 2 we generated the font size, line height and spacer values.

The first part of this series mentioned the automatic generation of type scales, line heights and spacers from the configuration.

This document outlines properties and naming conventions for design systems that can be implemented in SASS/SCSS or in vanilla CSS.

In a previous article, I explained how to set up Nix on MacOS.

All grouping exercises superimpose 3, 5- and 7-note groups on single bars.

Each of these exercises starts with a very basic rhythm, which represents the rhythmical dna or backbone.

The exercises below are similar to the exercises in the walking bass chapter, except that the focus is on the choice of notes in general bass lines or grooves here.

Practice quintuplets, septuplets etc. by using Konnakol.

The following lists show in which chords and from which degree the minor, minor 6, In Sen, In Sen 6, Hirajoshi, Japanese and In pentatonic can be played.

You can string together any of these fragments.

You can create chromatic patterns by alternating two different intervals.

These circles move through all the keys.

The following exercises demonstrate different approaches for developing a walking bass vocabulary.

Arpeggio Groupings 2

These exercises consist of three bars.

Vamps

Miscellaneous Progressions 1-6 Miscellaneous Progressions 7-12

Diminished Progressions

Coltrane Progressions

Here is an overview of all the notes related to a root including their solfège and sargam syllables.

Contrapuntal Elaboration of Static Harmony (CESH) is a technique where a single chord or a set of related chords serves as the foundation, but the composition remains engaging through variations in chord quality.

IV-Moll-Dur VII-Moll-Dur

Turnarounds Major Turnarounds Minor

Sub VI-II-V

Sub II-V

Tritone Substitution

Secondary II-V in All Keys

Secondary Dominants in All Keys

II-V-I in Major II-V-I in Minor

Pop Progressions in Major Pop Progressions in Minor

These are metric modulation exercises you can practice with a constant metronome.

This list compiles recommended resources for getting started with Elixir.

Practice adding chromatic passing notes to scales to keep the important notes on the beat.

Pick one tetrachord and combine it with every tetrachord in the same group.

In the last couple of days, I played a bit with Nix on MacOS.

Another way to organize scales are tetrachords.

If your instrument allows for the range and the huge jumps, practicing diatonic triads in wide voicings can be an interesting exercise.

While remote meetings allow you to bridge the distance between distributed workers, attendees may still feel isolated, disengaged and separated from the team if the meetings aren’t set up properly.

Let’s say you were asked by your government to implement a national dog registry in order to help them to enforce their new one-dog-policy.