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Analyze Chord Changes in a D Major Scale on Bass Guitar

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Summary: Analyze the changes in the D major scale to understand the dynamics of the song on a bass guitar; learn more from our professional bass guitar player and composer in this free music instruction video.

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Analyze Chord Changes in a D Major Scale on Bass Guitar

RYAN LARSON: Now we're going to go through and analyze the changes to "Mack the Knife." We start right here on D, so that's our I major, right? D, and then we have two measures of that. And then we got E minor, which is our ii chord, E, right? E minor. For our V chord, A7. And again, you want to write this down at home. So we got a 16-bar form, so write these as we go. So we got D major for two measures, E minor to A7, so our ii to our V chord, for a measure each. Then again, E minor to our A7 for a measure each, and we have D major, and it goes D to F sharp, which right if we go D, E, F. So that's our iii minor, so I to iii minor there, and then we start our bridge which is right here on our 9th bar, B minor. So D, E, F, G, A, B, there's our vi minor chord for two measures then our ii minor chord for two measures. Then we got our ii minor chord, V7 chord, to our I-vi, ii-V turnaround, right? D-B-E-A. So go through and really write those chords down, and then we're going to go through, we're going to split it into two sections and show you how to walk through it. And then we're going to condense it even more when we go through our blues, and go through measure by measure, and so you have to walk through some more chord changes. So, write those down and we'll start showing you how to get those fingers moving.

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