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Summary: The G minor scale and how to use it to improvise on piano in the key of F; learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by expert 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 12 key technique to ... read more
Now we're going to take a look at our second chord, our G minor chord. Which is derived out of F major. So if we look at the piano again, we have our F major scale. So if we start on the second note we hit G, right. F, G, A, B flat, C, D, etc. So G, so we go, start here and play up the scale, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. So now we can make our G minor black chord, one, three, five, seven, and that's G minor. And you can here how that sounds different from F major. Definitely can tell they're two different chords. G minor and F major. Those are our first two chords that we learned out of F major.