How to Read a 2-5s Real Book

Video Transcript

So, once you go through and you have all your two fives down and memorized, you can go through and start reading through some real book tunes. And, we're going to go through and look at these chord changes we got here, right now. We have E minor, A minor, G minor, C7, F major, F minor, B flat, G minor, C7, so, we got, right, two five in D, two five in F, then we have F major, two five in E flat, two five in F, two five in B flat, B flat major, two five in A flat, two five in G flat, two five in D flat, two five in E flat, two five in F, two five in G, two five in C, two five in D, two five in C major, finally at the end. So, we're going through all these different two fives and there's a lot of jazz tunes that really run through this. So, now I'm going to play these chords, and you can look at it as I play them and I'll cat it out. And, I'm just going to improvise using bee bop scales, over all these appropriate chords. We got E minor, and your two five to D, two five to F, two five to E flat, two five to D, B flat minor, A7, A flat major, A flat minor, G7, G flat major, E flat minor, A flat 7, F minor, B flat 7, G minor, C7, A minor, D7, D minor, G7, E minor, A7, D minor, G7, C major. So, now I'm going to lock one, three, one and three out of each chords. Or, one, three, five, seven. So, instead of playing the black chord, I'm going to play individually with my left hand. And, you'll hear how it sounds. D minor, A minor, G minor, C7, F major, F minor, B flat 7, G minor, C7, C minor, F7, B flat major, B flat minor, A7, A flat major, A flat minor, G7, G flat major, E flat minor, A flat, F minor, B flat, G minor, C7, A minor, D7, D minor, G7, E minor, A7, D minor, G7. So, this is very stereotypical real book tune. We're just taking two fives and throwing them randomly all over the place. And, again you're going to see some minor two fives too as well. So, you'll want to look up minor two fives which is our other series and we'll go over all these different chord changes that you can get, getting your minor two fives under your fingers.

Watch these related videos

• 
  How to Read a 2-5s Real Book

  playlist Views: 578

• 
  Playing Measures 1-4 of Bebop Piano Scales in G for Beginners

  playlist Views: 360

• 
  What are 2-5s & Tritone Substitutions?

  playlist Views: 1,332

• 
  Practicing Chord Progressions for Jazz Guitar

  playlist Views: 3,772

• 
  Advanced Lessons On Music Intervals: Part 1

  playlist Views: 605

• 
  E Minor & A7: 2-5s & Tritone Substitutions

  playlist Views: 680

Community Members who...

• Favorited this Video
• Rated This Video

Top Tags