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Summary: How to play V7 chords for jazz piano in the key of F major, including tips and tricks; learn this and more in this free online jazz piano lesson taught by expert jazz pianist Ryan Larson.
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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 learn the 5,7 in the key of F which is the 5th degree of the note. So if you start on F 1,2,3,4,5, we end up on C. So there is your C7 scale we play C in the base. Now with the 7 scale you have to remember the 4th note of the scale is in the void note so you don't want to play the actual F because it sounds out there. It gives it a sus suspended sound. So here is you C, C7 chord and here is your C sus. Then when you take the 2 minor and the 5 minor put together you get what we call a 2,5 which leads back to the 1 so you got this and you see how it wants to go back to the F major. So you got this and you see how it wants to go back to the F major. So a lot of composers use that all over the place to lead into the major. So you go through and make some chords for the key of C7.