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Summary: How to play an entire bebop song using piano improvisation in the key of B; 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 twelve-key technique... read more
So now that we have the whole chord changes down, what we're going to do, is I'm going to play the black chords in my right hand and then I'm going to do the black chords in my left hand but I'm going to split them up and do that baseline like I showed you where we just go 1, 3 , 5, 7. Very simple base. So, I'm playing the same in both hands except this one's playing them in blacks and this one's playing them in baseline. So, just kind of separating the two roles of the two hands. So, we start right here and we have our B7, E7, B7, F sharp minor, B7, E7, F diminished, B7, D half diminished, G altered, C sharp minor, F sharp 7, D sharp half diminished, A flat altered, C minor, F, to the tap. And that's a quick run through of our Bee Bop Blues when someone has to compliment piano.