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Summary: Learn how to play measures 1 through 4 of 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
"So now we are going to go over our first 4 measures. If we take a look at the natural music we have G major for 2 measures right. Then again you want to write this at home. If you do not have manuscript paper just draw in some bar lines we are not doing melody right now. So it does not really matter. So we have G major for 2 measures. A minor, D7 so we have our 1 major chord for 2 measures. Then our 2 minor and our 5-7 chord. So first we are going to go through and play black chords and just play it simple like this. G major, A minor, D7, again G major, A minor, D7, again G minor, A minor, D7. You can take these chords and split them in the left hand and do walking bass line 1,3,5,7, G major. A minor 1,3,5,7, D7. 1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7,1,7,3,5,1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7,1. So it is just a nice simple idea to get your composing going as you go through as you read these simple basic chords."