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Learning the Final Measures of a Piano Melody in C Major

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Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play the final measures of melodies on the piano in the key of C major with expert instruction from a professional jazz composer in this free video clip on music theory and piano techniques.

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By Ryan Larson
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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

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"So now we're going to take a look at our last two measures. And our melody line is rather simple. We have six, five, six, six, five, four, three and then we land right here at the beginning. And you notice we've been really playing off this six chord for the last three measures. And then we changed the chords again and it gives it all these different tonal qualities. We have our B flat major chord which we played before and our A seventh. So we're going to play that last four measures and you'll hear it ends and how these nice chord changes in here really bring that melody together. And then again, and then again. And you're back at the top. So, a very nice melodic ending. And that's our tune in C major."

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