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Summary: Play the 17th and 18th measures of a bossa nova guitar song in E major: learn how plus get tips on guitar playing and chord progressions in this free jazz music video lesson.
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
"RYAN LARSON: So now, we did our two measures sliding down, and we're going to play them sliding down into our v minor and then it becomes a 5-7. So, here's an example, where we stay on the same root and you switch the chord. So, it's a good thing to end on. So, we got our six minor, flat 6, and v minor. So, again vi minor, flat 6, v minor, 5-7--when you hear that you want to go back to 1. So, we got 6 down to 5, 5-7, 1, and you're at the top of the tune. So, it's a nice, simple run through. Again, make sure you write all these chords down at home, or if you want to go through and analyze your own tunes, just write down that major scale and the degrees, and go through it and do some analyzation."