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E Flat 7th Scale for Reading a Fake Book in A Major

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Summary: Learn about the E flat 7th scale for reading a fake book in A major in this free music video for jazz musicians on reading a fake book in A major.

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By Ryan Larson
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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

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"Now we're going to learn our third chord, our E seventh chord and all your seventh chords start on the fifth degree of the major scale, so if we go up A, B, C, D, E, alright it's on E, right? A, B, C sharp, D, E. So now we're going to start on E and count up going up the scale. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Right? So, now we have one, three, five, and seven here and that's your E seventh chord. So, now we can go B minor, E seventh to A major. And again all these chords you can be play in what we call inversions. So, instead of one, three, five, seven, you can go three, five, seven, one or you can can go five, seven, one, three. Same with B minor. There's one, three, five, seven. Three, five, seven, one. So, you have, it's all the same chord. So, we have B minor, E seven, A major, A six. B minor, E seven, A major. And that's our third chord, our E seventh."

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