PLEASE NOTE: Upon payment, you will be sent a PDF with a download link for the CMM magazine + audio examples and exercises and the Modal Explorer app via mail. Also included is a digital download of Relief Party (MP3). The printed magazine will ship within 3 business days.
"What would happen if you would alter the leading tones of a tonic chord, instead of a dominant chord? This simple question turned out to have a complex outcome. It has led me to develop an elaborate harmonic system, which I have dubbed the ‘Chromatic Major Modes’. This system has become one of the corner stones of my approach to harmony, and is an integral part of many of my compositions and improvisations." The Chromatic Major Modes Magazine looks into the 18 modes and their 7 degrees in depth. It also includes a horoscope. The magazine is 32 pages with 27 audio examples + 15 pages of exercises.
The Modal Explorer is an app developed by Seth Gory, based on the theory of Chromatic Major Modes by Reinier Baas. It is a stand-alone desktop app compatible with Windows and Mac, which allows you to explore the Chromatic Major Modes and its degrees. The app lets you record what you play, save presets, adjust the voicing, mode, key and sound. It has a glide and a negative harmony function. The range of each voice is limited to an octave, which produces characteristic, angular voice leading.
Includes unlimited streaming of
Relief Party
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Physical Relief Package
€58 EUR
Digital Relief Package
€35 EUR
Relief Party Sheet Music (scores, parts and demo's)
€20 EUR
Chromatic Major Modes Magazine & Modal Explorer (digital)
€18 EUR
Relief Party – 12" Vinyl (Black)
€23 EUR
'Mok In Hi-Fi' Mug
€6.50 EUR
Discombobulatrix Deluxe Edition Tin Can
€29 EUR
Mokum In Hi-Fi –
Vinyl (coloured)
Ben van Gelder & Reinier Baas
€20 EUR
Mokum In Hi-Fi –
Mokum In Hi-Fi CD
Ben van Gelder & Reinier Baas
€15 EUR
Mokum In Hi-Fi –
Vinyl (black)
Ben van Gelder & Reinier Baas
€20 EUR
SMASH HITS –
SMASH HITS CD
Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder & Metropole Orkest
€15 EUR
Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix – CD
€15 EUR
Smooth Jazz Apocalypse – Smooth Jazz Apocalypse CD
€15 EUR
Reinier Baas Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reinier Baas (1985) is a guitarist, composer and recording artist from the Netherlands with a DIY approach and an
idiosyncratic body of work.
His critically acclaimed, mostly instrumental opera ‘Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix’ and his record ‘Mostly Improvised Instrumental Indie Music’ both earned him an Edison Award: the most prestigious music award in the Netherlands.
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