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Summary: Learn how to play improvisational scales for beginners in the key of G major in this free music lesson video clip.
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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
So now we are going to go over our first chord our G major chord. First, we are going to learn our chord a simple scale. Again G major has 1 sharp and you know you are reading a tune in G major if there is 1 sharp noted right there on the actual scale. You would see there would be a treble cleft here and then the B and F sharp is right here. Actually it is noted right here F sharp. So you have 1 sharp that is when you know you are in G major and our G major scale looks like this. We start on G right here right in between the group of 3 right. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1 sharp right here F sharp. If you go by the chord ends you have G, A, B, C, D, E, F sharp G. But again for chord purposes we have 1-7 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. The first chords we are going to learn are black chords which is comprised of 1,3,5, and 7. Then again you can play these any order I can play 3,5,7,1, or 5,7,1,3. How about dropping the 7 to the 6,2 sometimes. It is kind of like that Christmas chord. So that is your first chord you G major 7. You want to write that down at home write down the scale and we go through and we are going to get 4 more chords out of that very same scale in just a minute.