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Summary: An expert musician shows how to play a bossa nova song in the key of E flat major, plus gives 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 that we have all these chords under our fingers and we wrote them down at home, we can go through and play our whole tune. And again, you can use this method of analyzation to play through any tune. You just got to get it under your fingers. So we start right here: 3, flat 3, 2, sharp 1, repeat, 3, flat 3, 2, sharp 1, 4 minor, 1, 7, 4 major, flat 7, 3 minor, flat 3, 2, flat 2, 1, then we have flat 3, flat 5 to flat 2, 2, 5 to the top of the tune. And that's our whole tune, our bossa nova piece in the key of E flat on a guitar."
eHow Article: How to Play a Bossa Nova Guitar Song in E Flat Major