Key of D Minor - Jonny's Moonflight

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Instructor

Jonny May

Course Type

Course

Skill Level

Beginner

Duration

01:41:58

Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of D Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original tune, “Jonny’s Moonflight.”

Course Objectives

Learn the natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales in D
Discover common chord progressions
Explore how to play an original composition in D minor

Learning Focus

Chords
Groove
Lead Sheets
Scales
Songs

Featured Reviews

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Joseph Shonga verified

Very exciting lessons

Great team PWJ

Cheryl Heid verified

Scale of D minor

So nice to have all the scale lessons in a similar style. Makes it easier to learn that way!

Steve Witter verified

Fun with Dm

Enjoyed the lesson and learned a lot especially playing in syncopation with melody and chords. Lots of room here to practice different grooves.

Joe Streker verified

Enjoyable

I’m finding these courses a lot of fun but also challenging. Its amazing how much I have picked up in such a short time period.

Thurman Sanders verified

Fill in the gaps of Dminor

great tip regarding root position to 2nd inversion of the following chord pattern

Michael Diekema verified

Something New in Every Course

I haven't played any swing style pieces, so this was a fun addition to the usual parts about scales, diatonic chords, chord progressions, inversions, and accompaniment. I find the minor scales more challenging with all of the different variations in scales and extra chords that come from that. Doing all of these exercises in each key is reinforcing the concepts well and building muscle memory and chord recognition.

Alan McCormick verified

Loved the patterns

Loved the patterns with RH inversions and simple but effective addition to melody

Alberto Ramirez verified

Solid Foundation

For the first time in decades, I feel confident in building a solid foundation. There are no shortcuts and practice time is essential. I am very very happy!!

Yvonne Orlowska-Brown verified

Love the "Johny's Moonflight"!!!~

Excellent course, very pleasant, nice song to learn, lots of fun with it !!! thank you Johny

Emmalyn Ting verified

Fun and challenging

Love how the courses are designed. Various skills and theory are sprinkled throughout the course with a great way to introduce rhythm, accompaniment, and inversions. Plus, we get to use most of the chords in a given key to really lock in what we learn.

Alan Brown verified

Begiiners foundation Course 1

An excellent and all encompassing course. Not only does one learn scales (and I never realised how many of them there are!) but almost more importantly one learns how the scales and associated chords are used to create music. The main difference to me now is that when I see a piece of music I am able to understand, albeit currently on a relatively basic level, what the music DOES! Previously I was taught to simply transfer sheet music to a position on the keyboard without knowing how the music was created. One must not underestimate the amount of effort that such a course requires but it is time well spent. I loved the accompaniment sections.

Barbara BeVier verified

Key of Dm

I love inversions! This course is so thorough, I always know where to place my fingers. It’s just practice from there. I love learning theory and how logical it is. I appreciate that you move right along although it takes me a while to actually be able to play the lesson well and that part just depends on me practicing. No complaints-it’s thrilling!

Gulya Ilyasova verified

Excellent and fun

I love the system and steps. Awesome explanation and great lessons. Thank you very much.