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Summary: An expert musician shows how to play the 17th and 18th measures of a bossa nova song in the key of D major, plus gives guitar playing tips in this free jazz music video lesson.
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About the Expert
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
RYAN LARSON: So, we went over measures thirteen and fourteen, and now, we're at our last two measures, and we have our sharp I major, D major, and then our ii minor, to our 5-7. Very, very easy, nice, simple, and it turns around right to the beginning of the tune. So, we have, here's our one, so there's our sharp II major, to ii minor, 5-7, and then we go to the top of the tune. So again, we have--to the last four bars we have flat three, flat six, to sharp one, 2,5, and then in the top of the two. And we're going to go through the whole piece in just a minute, shout out the chords as we go, so you can see how we analyze a tune, and play through it, in just those nice, simple, and easy chords.