Hello John,
Thank you for your suggestion that I should start with Conrad Cork’s book, I’m sure you are right considering my limited knowledge. I have a rudimentary knowledge of the more straight forward chords but would struggle to tell the you notes in Gb13(#II) for example, I could hazard a guess, but it would be just that, a guess. As for a cadence, I’m familiar with the term because it’s mentioned a lot, but to actually be able to say I understand what it is or be able to identify it, again I’d struggle.
I see cadence features prominently in your ‘wordle’ image!
My only concern is that you say he, “writes in a way that is aimed at non-players, deliberately avoiding musical terms” But if ‘musical terms’ are the language in which other musicians speak, does this not just lead to further confusion and at a later date having to translate the knowledge/language into more conventional musical terms?
I shall research more into Conrad Cork’s book and thank you again for taking the time to help me find the right approach.
Best wishes,
Chris