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Summary: Watch an expert jazz musician give tips on playing the 15th and 16th measures of a bossa nova guitar song in B flat major in this free jazz music video lesson.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"RYAN LARSON: So we're down on our next two chords, and you want to make sure you're writing all these chord changes down at home and the analysis so you can find it under your fingers. We have our E flat minor and that's our 4 chord. So we have our 4 chord to our flat 7 again, right? We have that 4 but it was 4 major to flat 7. Now, we have 4 minor to our flat 7, 7th chord. So we have 1, 2, 3, 4 and then 5, 6, 7, but it's flatted so you got a flat 7. So we got 4 minor, right, 4 right here, flat 7, 4, flat 7, 4, flat 7, 4. These are two good chords to jump around because it's hard to get your fingers from there to there quickly but the more efficient you are the more dexterity you'll have under your fingers. So don't discourage tedious practicing. You can just play these two chords for hours and there will be miracles on your fingers. So you got to get that stumbling out of there so get your practicing down at home and really get these chords under your fingers because they're great chords for any bossa nova tune."