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About mDecks
Featured App
Music apps
Music Books
Music Services
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mDecksMusic
Music AppsMusic Books 4
AboutmDecks Music
MusicApps & Books
OURMISSIONmDecks Music is committed to the development of sophis-ticated resources for music education. Our products offer a wide range of services from instrumental instruction to har-monic analysis, rhythmic training, music puzzles, ear train-ing for kids and much more. Beginner and college students, professors and professional musicians will find a wealth of resources in our catalog.
THETEAMWe use the latest technologies to design innovative tools and improve traditional training methods in order to make music learning more efficient and exiting.
ARIEL J. RAMOS | arieljramos.com President
MARIO CERRA | mariocerra.com Vice-President
CONTACTINFORMATIONmDecks Music11190 NW 41st StreetCoral Springs, FL 33065 Social MediaFACEBOOK | TWITTER : @mdecksmusic
[email protected] | 954 319 7096
COMPANYINFORMATION 5
FEATUREDAPP 6
MUSIC APPSTONAL HARMONY APP
Mapping Tonal HarmonyPro Version
TONAL HARMONYTEACH & STUDYMapping Tonal Harmony Pro is the most INNOVATIVE and EXTENSIVE music tool for musicians out there. This app is invaluable for students of all levels, as well as professional performers, composers, arrangers, and teachers.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad MAC ANDROID & WINDOWS
HARMONIC ANALYSISPLAY ALONGUse it as a play-along to practice improvisation. View and create harmonic analyses using audio tracks in your iTunes Library. Cadences & Bass detector Modulations, Instrument transpositions, Chords & Functions in all keys. MIDI enabled.
CLASSICAL & POP | JAZZ & BLUES
SEVEN MAP LEVELSBEGINNER - ADVANCEDThe map has seven levels of complexity, from the basic dia-tonic neighborhood to advanced secondary functions. Hun-dreds of pre-loaded progressions. Study and create your own. Share progressions and audio progressions online.
7 WORKBOOKS | AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM
MAPPING TONAL PROMUSIC THEORY APP 7
MAPLEVELS
PLAYALONG
STUDYCREATE
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro has a map with seven levels of complexity.
Teach your Harmony Classes using an inter-active map with all pos-sible harmonic functions and cadences from the Diatonic Functions to Ad-vanced Secondary Domi-nants, and Modulations.
Learn about functions, chordscales and cadenc-es.
View the map in any key in standard notation and/or functional notation.
Choose between Jazz or Standard voicings
Use it as a play-along to practice improvisation and ear training.
MIDI export, MIDI OUT and MIDI/SYNC capabili-ties.
The smart player will play the current progression in many different styles and your tempo of choice.
Piano, Bass & Drum comp-ing with loop capabilities, song structure, repeats and first endings. Inde-pendent volume balance between instruments.
Transpose for different transposing instuments
Study Tonal Harmony like never before! Learn all functions and cadences in all keys.
Write your own music using a map that reveals the secrets of tonality.
Hundreds of pre-loaded progressions to study. Edit and create your own.
Share progressions on-line with other MTH Pro users.
A voice-leading algorithm creates the perfect me-lodic and inner-lines.
MAPPING TONAL HARMONY PROFEATURES 8
ANALYSISTOOLS
AUDIOMODE
WORK-BOOKS
Instant analysis, Ca-dences & Bass detector, Harmonic paths, Modu-lations, Instrument trans-positions, Chords & Func-tional Notations.
The cadence detector will find all cadences present in your progression. All standard and alternative cadences are included
Learn about secondary dominants, inversions, neapolitan and augment-ed sixths, subV7 and oth-er harmonic devices.
View and create harmon-ic analyses using audio tracks and songs in your iTunes Library.
Listen to Beethoven’s fifth symphony, Bill Evans at the piano, Miles Davis, The Beatles, any of your favorite recordings in your iTunes Library while viewing their analyses.
Add song structure and time sync to the audio track to create an inter-active experience view-ing the entire analysis of a piece while listening to the original audio track
There is a collection of seven workbooks, one for each map level to study and learn different har-monic concepts.
Practice tonal harmony and learn all possible functions and cadences in all keys with this in-cerdible workbooks that complement the app.
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MAPPING TONAL HARMONYREVIEWS
The Berklee Groove berkleegroove.com
“...This app wins our strongest recommendation for an app so far.”
READ REVIEW | BERKLEEGROOVE.COM
Note TrebleDamian Erskine“...an app that blew my mind.”
READ REVIEW | NOTETREBLE.COM
Feed my Appfeedmyapp.com“If only Brian Wilson had this Music App when he wrote...”
READ REVIEW | FEEDMYAPP.COM
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MAPPING TONAL HARMONYREVIEWS
KVR AUDIOB/ MOORE
DISCHORDTim Webb
Tech in Music Edtechinmusiced.com
“I’ve been looking for a harmony/chords/tonal app that is functional, deep enough, and with a great interface. Well, I’m not looking any further. This app just blew me away...”
READ REVIEW | KVRAUDIO.COM
“It is a great tool, and one that I am sure will be pretty much essential to music students and enthusiasts alike.”
READ REVIEW | DISCHORD.COM
“...an App I’d never teach high school (or college) music the-ory without!”
READ MORE | SOUNDCLOUD.COM
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MUSIC THEORY APPSHARMONY & EAR TRAINING
MAPPING TONAL HARMONYPRO VERSION
KIDS EAR TRAININGCOMPLETE METHOD
mDECKS EAR TRAINING 1INTERVALS, TRIADS & 7 THS
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro is the most INNOVATIVE and EXTENSIVE music tool for musicians out there. This app is invaluable for students of all levels, as well as pro-fessional performers, composers, arrangers, and teachers.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad, Mac, Windows & Android
A complete ear training method containing:Introduction to Sound, Solfege, Kodaly Signs, Movable Do, Perfect Pitch, Intervals and Triads. You will learn how a musi-cal element sounds (alone and in context) by searching for it.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad, iPhone & Android
Ear Training with a twist! mDecks Ear Training will develop your musical ear by using a different and new approach. You will learn how a musical element sounds (alone and in con-text) by searching for it.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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CONCEPTUAL APPSIMPROVISATION & TECHNIQUE
20 SAXOPHONE TRICKS OF THE TRADE
Take your saxophone playing to the next level. 20 Saxo-phone Tricks of The Trade will provide you with plenty of resources to land your next gig.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
60 TOP HAT PIANO GROOVESVOL. 1A a set of 60 piano grooves for intermediate to advanced piano players which includes essential accompaniment con-cepts in many styles from Rock & Pop to Jazz & Blues/Gos-pel to Latin & Contemporary.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
60 TOP HAT GUITAR LICKSVOL. 1A set of 60 guitar licks for beginner and intermediate guitar players which include essential guitar techniques suchs as string bends, pull-offs, double stops, slides and pinched har-monics.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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LESSONS APPSHOW TO PLAY APPS
HOW TO PLAY SAXOPHONEVOL. 1 & 2
HOW TO PLAY CLARINETVOL. 1 & 2
HOW TO PLAY FLUTEVOL. 1 & 2
These lessons provide a step-by-step progressive meth-od to learn how to play saxophone and read music, from scratch. Each lesson includes a detailed video tutorial, fin-gering charts, printable PDF’s .
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
These lessons provide a step-by-step progressive method to learn how to play clarinet and read music, from scratch. Each lesson includes a detailed video tutorial, fingering charts, printable PDF’s .
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad, iPhone & Android
These lessons provide a step-by-step progressive method to learn how to play flute and read music, from scratch. Each lesson includes a detailed video tutorial, fingering charts, printable PDF’s .
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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MUSIC THEORY APPSTHEORY PUZZLES
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 1GRADE 1
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 3GRADE 3
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 2GRADE 2
Music Theory Puzzles is a series of apps to help you re-inforce music theory concepts. Solve these fun and challenging puzzles where you must use your mu-sic knowledge and push your brain power to the limit.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
While playing Music Theory Puzzles, you will reinforce music theory concepts and find out the ones you need to study a bit more.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad, iPhone & Android
All puzzles were prepared and planned using standard mu-sic theory courses. Many different puzzle-styles are included: musical terms, rhythms and music notation, picture puzzles, audio puzzles, ear training puzzles and more.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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MUSIC THEORY APPSTHEORY PUZZLES
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 4GRADE 4At the end of the game you will get a printable Award of Ex-cellence Certificate with your score and performance report, and you may share it with your friends from within the app :)
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 5GRADE 5If you get stuck you may share the puzzle with your friends via twitter or facebook to get help and gain more tips and clues. Challenge your music knowledge while having fun!
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
MUSIC THEORY PUZZLES 6GRADE 6These puzzles are based on standard music theory curricu-lum and courses. We suggest using Music Theory Puzzles as complementary material in the study of music theory.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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MUSIC THEORY APPSRHYTHM & SIGHT READING
BACH RHYTHMIC STUDIESMUSIC IS RHYTHMBach Rhythmic Studies uses iCore Motion technology to turn your iPhone into a musical instrument. Every rhythmic exercise is linked to a Bach composition and targets a spe-cific rhythmic concept.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
RHYTHMIC VOCABULARY 1&2FUNDAMENTAL STUDIESA progressive approach to the development of rhythmic vocabulary for beginning and intermediate students. Rhyth-mic Vocabulary Fundamental Studies is formatted to com-plement and reinforce the study of any musical instrument.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
MOZART RHYTHMIC STUDIESMUSIC IS RHYTHMMozart Rhythmic Studies uses iCore Motion technology to turn your iPhone into a musical instrument. Every rhythmic exercise is linked to a Mozart composition and targets a spe-cific rhythmic concept.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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FUN MUSIC APPSRHYTHMS, SONGS & PUZZLES
SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS BY MDECKS MUSIC
More than 30 Christmas Songs and Sounds where YOU ARE THE PERFORMER. Entertain family and friends with a modern twist on traditional Christmas tunes.
ALAVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
SOUNDS OF HALLOWEENBY MDECKS MUSICHalloween favorites. Entertain family and friends with a mod-ern twist on traditional Halloween tunes and sounds.An amazing app that will keep you playing all day. Ideal for kids an adults.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
CHRISTMAS PUZZLESBY MDECKS MUSICSolve Christmas-themed audio and visual puzzles that will be fun for the whole family. These puzzles will challenge the mind and test your knowledge of the Yuletide season.
AVAILABLE FOR | iPad & iPhone
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Music BooksMethods & Advanced Concepts 20
Music BooksmDecks Music
Music Books Methods &
Advanced Concepts
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MUSIC BOOKSMETHODS & PRACTICE
Elementary Rhythmic Training 1Vol. 1 Beginners Level
Doubling on WoodwindsHow to integrate the practice of flute, clarinet & saxo-phone
Elementary Rhythmic Training 2Vol. 2 Beginners Level 2
A progressive approach to the development of rhythmic vo-cabulary for beginning and intermediate students. Quarter note & rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest, two eight notes, the tie and the dot. 4/4 and 3/4 meters.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Doubling on Woodwinds was envisioned as a work plan for woodwind players that allows for a more efficient daily prac-tice of their doublings. This book will help you improve your skills with each instrument.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
A progressive approach to the development of rhythmic vo-cabulary for beginning and intermediate students. Single eighth note, eighth rest, syncopation, triplets, sixteenth note. 4/4, 4/3 and 6/8 meters.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
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MUSIC BOOKSPIANO METHODS & BOOKS
PIANO TECHNIQUE VOL. 1Fingers control, independence, balance & strength Rhythmic subdivisions & essential polyrhythms
Reconstructing Beethoven’s Fur Elise25 Studies on Beethoven’s Bagatelle in A minor
Reconstructing a Bach Fugue25 Studies in Bach’s Fugue No. 2 in C minor
This book contains 43 technical exercises for developing and maintaining your technique to its best possible shape. Some exercises are for the very beginner while others re-quire a higher level of proficiency.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Reconstructing Beethoven’s Fur Elise (25 Studies in Beethoven’s Bagatelle in A minor) consists of 25 studies that’ll give you the required theoretical and technical skills to perform the famous Fur Elise.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Reconstructing a Bach Fugue (25 studies in Bach’s Fugue no.2 in C minor) consists of 25 studies, that will give the stu-dent the required theoretical and technical skills to perform Bach’s Fugue No.2 in C minor.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
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This UST Jazz Piano Chord Voicing Collection is a complete method to study and learn ALL POSSIBLE Upper Structure Triads Voicings over the IIm7 and V7 in the progression IIm7-V7
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Each exercise targets a specific upper structure triad or a progression using USTs and is introduced by a graph of the UST (or pair of USTs in the case of a IIm-V7 progression) with all its properties.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
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UST Jazz Piano Chord VoicingsVol. 1 • Individual Upper Structure Triads over IIm7 and V7
For a jazz piano player, chord voicings is an essential skill, not only for comping (accompanying or laying the chord pro-gression for other players to improvise in) but also to use those voicings as an improvisational aid.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
UST Jazz Piano Chord VoicingsVol. 2-9 • All possible Upper Structure Triads in a IIm7 - V7 progression
Upper Structure QuartalsVol. 1 • All possible Upper Structure Quartals over IIm7 and V7
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MUSIC BOOKSADVANCED METHODS
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 1The basic major & minor diatonic neigborhoodsTonic - Subdominant - Dominant
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 3Progressions & cadences in the diatonic neighborhoodMapping the SubV7 and its use as a Neapolitan chord
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 2Mapping IIIm , I64, V7sus4 and deceptive cadences The complete diatonic neighborhood for Major-Minor
• Perfect Authentic Cadence (PAC) • The use of V7 V as a triad • Standard/Basic Harmonic Progressions in the nearby diatonic neighborhood • Use of the Tonic- Sub-dominant - Dominant - Tonic progressions • More...
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
• Inverted bass and bass lines. Pedal points: Tonic Pedal and Dominant Pedal • Backward progressions and other pro-gressions outside the circle of fifths • The half cadence to V7 without secondary dominants • The Neapolitan & SubV7
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
• The IIIm (ambiguous chord : Tonic vs. Dominant)• Cadential I64 or I/5, Im64 or Im/5 and V7sus4: all preced-ing the V7• Borrowing chords from other modes
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
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• More borrowed chords from other modes and paths to modulations • The IV7 from dorian minor • The modal Vm • The bIIMaj7 sub-dominant minor chord (or root-altered IIm7b5) its related IIm7 and V7. The I7 as tonic in the Blues
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
• Other Secondary functions: IV/x bVI/x and bVII/x • Creat-ing a temporary Tonic in the diatonic neighborhood using secondary IV/x, bVI/x and bVII/x • More borrowing from other modes and paths to modulations • Secondary 64s
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
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Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 4Basic secondary dominants and their related IIm7V7/x, viio7/x, IIm7/x
• Basic Secondary functions • Creating a temporary key cen-ter in the diatonic neighborhood.• Secondary Dominants (V7 and VIIo7 and the related IIm7).• Extended Dominants.
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 5 Mapping blues I7 IV7. Additional minor mode functionsThe bIIMaj7 subdominant minor and its related IIm7-V7
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 6Advanced secondary functions & deceptive secondary cadences. Secondary cadential I64s & V7sus
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MUSIC BOOKSADVANCED METHODS
Mapping Tonal Harmony WKB 7The entire MAP, including all secondary functionsSecondary subVs/x and their related IIm, N6 & Gr+6
Interval Trainer Vol. 1Learn how to recognize all intervals within the octave.
Decoding the Circle of FifthsA graphical approach in the study of relationships be-twen structures over the circle of fifths
• More Secondary functions: SubV7/X • The Neapolitan 6 N6/X (same as SubV/3 no 7) • The Augmented 6th chords. Gr+6, It+6, Fr+6 • The related IIm7/X for the SubV7/X • Ex-tended dominants. Reinterpreting chord functions. New paths to modulations
AVAILABLE ON | amazon.com & createspace.com
Learn how to recognize all intervals within the octave. Load Vol. 1 to your Phone or MP3 Player, play it in your car. Practice while you drive or go for a walk in the park.
AVAILABLE ON | mdecks.com
From jazz improvisation and voicings to tonal and atonal music composition and theory, many exercises and studies can be designed using this graphical approach to musical structures over the circle of fifths.
AVAILABLE ON | mdecks.com
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Composer Ariel J. Ramos has written music for Warner Bros. (Pushing Daisies & Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chroni-cles), Nickelodeon, BMW, and many others
AVAILABLE ON | arieljramos.com
We provide high-quality custom backing tracks for full the-ater productions, entertainers, musical theater students, au-ditions or anyone in need of a professional accompaniment track.
AVAILABLE ON | ajrbtstudios.com
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APPS & BOOKSMusic Apps & Books
Music theory, practice methods, advanced conepts & more
AVAILABLE ON | mdecks.com
FILM SCORINGMusic for Film, TV and Video Games
BACKING TRACKSHigh-quality, professional backing tracks for full produc-tion shows
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