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Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play an advanced song on the piano in the key of F major with expert instruction from a professional jazz composer in this free video clip on music theory and piano techniques.
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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 now, we are going to play through the entire piece, and we'll play through it once and you can look through at the music as I play through. And again, if you like this song, you can write it down at home, write down the chord changes as we go through. And I'll go through the first time and then the second time, I'll shout out the actual notes I'm playing as the melody line as we play through it so we start here. Now, we'll zoom in on the actual notes. And I have 6, flat 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, natural 4, 5, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, down to 3, 3, 2, 1, 7, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5. And that ends our tune for the day in F major.