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Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play the final measures of melodies on the piano in the key of Eb (E flat) with expert instruction from a professional jazz composer in this free video clip on music theory and piano techniques.
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're going to take a look at our last two measures. Measures eleven and twelve. And we have D flat major and C seven. And we have a five here and a four and a five. Then we got five, four, three, two. So, nice simple melodic line. Again, we've already learned our D flat major chord. And we learned our C seven in our last segment. So, we have all these chords under our hands and we can play it. We'll play this whole last line for you. Then you're at the top of the tune. And you can see how even though we're playing the same notes by changing the chords it gives it so much of a different tone underneath it. That's with the D flat. Then back with the C seven. And then we're at the top of the tune. We'll go through this whole tune in just a minute."