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Summary: Learn how to play A minor piano improvisation scales for beginners in the key of G major in this free music lesson video clip.
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 we are going to go over our 2nd chord, our A minor chord. We are still utilizing the same G major scale 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and our minor chord always comes out of the second end of the scale. So we have G, A it is right there. Right? A,C,D,E,F,G,A. So now we start here on 1-7 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 so now when we get our chord we have 1,3,5,7 and that is our A minor chord. You can hear how that sounds different from 1 major chord. You can play back and forth between them 2 minor, 1 major, 2 minor, 1 major, 2 minor, to our 1 major. Again I'm just noodling in G major in my right hand here nice and simple so you folks can get the same basic ideas under your fingers. "