How to Play The Flintstones Theme in Jazz Guitar

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com. I am a professional guitar instructor and today we will be discussing intermediate jazz guitar. Next I would like to start working with an actual jazz chart with you. Now if you notice in this chart it is called the Flintstones Theme, and it is yes a swing version of, an upbeat jazz version of the Flintstones theme, the cartoon theme. It is in the key of B flat major. Now how we determine what key it is in, if you look at the key signature, the 2 flats there, you will see that we have 2 flat symbols in there. The second to last flat, which happens to be a B flat, tells me that the song was in the key of B flat. A B flat major scale contains 2 flats; a B flat note and an E flat note. This chart's in 4/ 4 time, which means each measure has 4 beats, and the basic gist of the chord progression in the key of B flat is this. It starts off with your 1 chord, 1 major 7 chord. It goes to your 6th chord, 6 minor 7 then to your 2 chord, C minor 7, to your 5 chord, so there's that tell tell 2, 5, 1 chord progression, with a 6 turn in the middle. Here it is again: just playing 4 to a bar, B flat major 7, G minor 7, C minor 7, F 7. That 2 measure or 4 chord phrase repeats for an awful lot of the song. A big portion of the song is based around that chord progression. A B flat major 7, G minor 7, C minor 7, F 7."