Giant Steps

Animations visualizing John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. One by Michal Levy that takes an artistic approach, and another by Iain Houston that breaks down the song’s signature ditone and quadratone chord progressions.

ANIMATION [Michal Levy: Giant Steps] (via infosthetics) ANIMATION [Iain Houston: In Snyc] (via infosthetics again)

PDF [Dan Adler: The ‘Giant Steps’ Progression and Cycle Diagrams] LINK [MetaFilter discussion]

AUDIO[Giant Steps] AUDIO[alternate, slower version] AUDIO[incomplete studio cut]

Previously on CN: Geometry of Music // Chemical Brothers: “Star Guitar”