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Jazz Piano Lessons in the Key of Bb Major

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The basics on how to play jazz piano in the key of Bb major, including chords, intervals and more, all taught by expert jazz pianist Ryan Larson.

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Summary: We have developed terms for every formal musical construct that has come along in the last 1500 years—and crystallized these terms into a grand musical theory of everything. Things like minor and major, chords and intervals are all great examples of the way we like to organize things as a species. Very popular among jazz players, improvisation is a great tool to test your knowledge of the instrument and the passion of your soul—letting go of some of the rules to allow for more creative expression.

In these free jazz piano lessons on video, expert jazz pianist Ryan Larson shows us not only how to improve our freestyle skills, but also how to read and write music on paper—since you are only able to improvise with as much as you know. Lessons include how to play 2-5 chords, how to do chord progressions in the key of Bb minor, how to use triplet notes and intervals, how to play bass lines, how to change chord voicings, and how to compose for jazz piano.

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Expert: Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his 12 key technique to understanding the logic behind reading and improvising over the harmonic series, you find that you can learn every basic chord just by running one song through all twelve keys.

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