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Summary: How to play ii minor chords for jazz piano in the key of E major; learn this and more in this free online video jazz piano lesson taught by expert jazz pianist Ryan Larson.
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
"The first chord we're going to be doing is the ii minor. (playing piano) What's cool about the minor chord is you can just get that scale under your fingers cause every note pretty much sounds good. So you can just go hit clumps of chords grouping and notes, it just pretty much really helps to get that scale really there and you just make sure that you use the second note of the scale as the root. Which is F sharp here to the lowest note I'm playing the F sharp, second note to the scale, and you can just float around the scale. (playing piano) So that's the first chord in the key of E major."
eHow Article: ii Minor Chords for Jazz Piano in in E Major