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Summary: Learn how to play the 7th root of the key of A on the accordion from our expert in this free music video on playing the accordion in A major.
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
"Now I am going to show you our seventh chord and it is called the seventh chord because of the seventh degree of the scale that is derived from it is actually lowered, but it is actually found in the 5th note of the major scale, so if you start on A we have 1-2-3-4-5 and this is how we get our seventh scale. And again, you see the note below it is a seventh degree, it is a whole step below it and that's what give it that quality. You can hear how that wants to go back to 1...5-7...tension, release, tension release. That is your 5-7 chord, your E7 (plays) of A major."
eHow Article: Playing the 7th Root of A Major on the Accordion