Coltrane's Tone Circle

jtomschroeder 47 points 16 comments September 30, 2026
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tniemi

Here's an explanation of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w

xnx

Cool, but I was expecting it to make sound.

skybrian

Maybe this works as review for people who already know it, but it seems like it might be overwhelming for beginners. Learning to recognize 2-5-1 when you hear it in a song might be a better way to start? Despite taking piano lessons as a kid, I was in college before I learned to recognize 12-bar blues whenever I heard it. That's pretty late, but you're part of the lucky 10,000 whatever day you learn. https://xkcd.com/1053/

asimpletune

Giant steps is a triangle, Central Park west is a square

_eznj

Here I made this for you cool cats: https://eznj.github.io/coltrane

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