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Summary: Learn tips on how to read and interpret the first two measures of a composition in this free video clip on music theory.
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Ryan Larson Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his twelve-key technique... read more
Now we are going to look at a little bit more in depth sign that uses a little bit more music theory and we are just going to do this side piece by piece. So we are going to start off with these first 2 measures here see we are in the key of F major and you have these nice simple chords you got your 1 major, your 5,7, your C7, your 2 minor and you 6 minor right here G minor. So those are your 4 basic chords on in the first 2 measures and you have this melody remember in F so you got 1,2,3,4, the staff on the 5th, it goes to the 7. So you got 5,7, then you flat the 7 and go down to the six so it is this nice little chromatic step half down. Then again up to the natural so go chromatically down and then chromatically up. So if we play we start right here on the 5th, 1,2,3,4,5 so you get your chords. So that is simple all in the same little register and then you get your chords 1,5,7,6 and it is a 2 minor and then the next chord lands on the A7 which comes out of D major and we would do that in a second when we go over the next 2 measures.