Learning the First Two Measures of a Piano Melody in F Major

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RYAN LARSON: So now we're going to take a look at our first two measures. So, if we zoom in here, I'll do the chords first. We have G minor and that's the minor chord out of F major. All our minor chords are derived at the second note of their major relevant. So, if you search for G minor piano on Expert Village, if you search for F major, this chord will come up. And again, search for "my first fake book." E flat major is--that's a very simple chord, E flat major in my first fake book. And you search for that and then we'll get those chords. And then our melody line, we already did, right? It's 6, flat 7, 1, flat 7, 6, 5, then 6, 5, 3. So, if you look at my piano, if we do the melody here, here's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, right? And here is 7 but we have to flat it, so we make this note, a note below; the same with sharp. If it was a sharp 7, it would actually be here. It doesn't have to be "away" note; it's just the next note above it or below it. So, we have 6 or--yeah, 6, this is flat 7, 1, flat 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3. So, when you play it with the chords, it sounds like this. That's our first two measures, nice and simple. You have your G minor chord, 1, 3, 5 and 7. And then we play 1, 3, 5 and 7 on the E flat major. And those are your first two chords. And we use those chords again as we go through the rest of our piece.

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