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Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play an advanced song on the piano in the key of C 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
So, now we're going to take a look at the whole entire tune. We've played through it, we've got all these different chords, we referenced. And we played the melody [inaudible] So, now I'm going to play through the tune, just as it is and then I'll play through it one last time, counting or shouting out the melody as I play it. And we'll go through and you can hear this nice tune. [Piano playing] Five,7, 1, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, sharp, 4, 5,7, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, down to 3. Three, 2, 1, 7, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6. It has this nice dramatic ending holding onto that 7th chord. And that's our tune for the day in c major.