Key of D Minor - Jonny's Moonflight

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Instructor

Jonny May

Course Type

Course

Skill Level

Beginner

Duration

01:41:58

D minor is often called “the saddest of all keys,” but this course shows you it can also be a lot of fun. It’s closely related to F major, so the notes will feel familiar. You’ll learn the D minor scale in each hand, plus two variations that give minor music its unique flavor. You’ll also play it up the keyboard and learn Jonny’s tricks for playing scales quickly.

Next, you’ll learn the 10 chords you’ll find in almost every D minor song and four chord progressions (chord patterns) used in popular music. Then you’ll bring it all together with Jonny’s Moon Flight, a fun original swing tune and a tip of the hat to “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Once you’re comfortable, you’ll learn inversions, which are different ways to play the same chord, and use them to make Jonny’s Moon Flight sound smoother. Then you’ll play it along with a bass and drums backing track, so you can feel what it’s like to swing with a band. Finally, you’ll learn simple ways to play chords for someone else to sing or play along to.

Course Objectives

Play D natural, harmonic and melodic minor across multiple octaves, with tricks for building speed
Learn the 10 most common chords and four essential chord progressions in D minor
Use inversions and voice leading to make your chord changes smooth and effortless
Swing through Jonny's Moon Flight with a full backing track
Accompany other musicians using three chord grooves in D minor

Learning Focus

Chords
Groove
Lead Sheets
Scales
Songs

Featured Reviews

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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!

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