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Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
02:47:13

Welcome to the Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises course, where you will will learn essential exercises to master this progression on the piano.

What is the minor 2-5-1 chord progression and why is it important?
The minor 2-5-1 chord progression is the most common chord progression used in minor jazz tunes. Therefore, it is essential that you can play it in every key and in a variety of inversions on the piano.

First, we’ll explain how this progression works and why these chords are used. Next, we’ll practice them in in all inversions in all 12 keys on the piano. You’ll have the opportunity to play with a Swing and Bossa Nova backing track to make it fun!

This course comes with downloadable sheet music, smart sheet music, and Swing and Bossa Nova backing tracks.

So if you want to play jazz piano and lead sheets and you like minor jazz tunes, this course will give you a solid foundation.

Course Objectives
  • Master the Minor 2-5-1 progression in all 12 keys with 5 exercises
  • Understand how and why we use the chords of a Minor 2-5-1 progression
  • Discover the Minor 2-5-1 progression in all inversions
  • Practice with the Swing and Bossa Nova backing track to make it fun
Learning Focus
  • Chords
  • Exercises
  • Technique
Featured Reviews

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Minor 2-5-1 chord exercises
Again, another great course. I learned a lot but struggle to play it fast enough.
A huge challenge teaching tons of techniques and information. A lot of time needed, fundamentally important.
This is river deep mountain high stuff. Takes a lot of grit, determination and patience and so much time, and that’s the biggest challenge. Plus I had lots of brain fog and meltdowns especially in the beginning, but I’m old and doing this. Jonny’s teaching, as always, is impeccable but the younger you are - the better. But once you begin to get it in hand it’s wonderful and so much worth it all. Have fun.
Tricky but neccessary
Soloing with these chord progressions made them more enjoyable to learn
Tough but worth it!
It was really helpful for Jonny to tell me to say the chord names out loud as I was playing it. I realized that I hadn't done this for the major 2-5-1 chords, so i had to go back and learn that. This took a lot of hard work, but I feel my jazz playing is coming together better! This was hard, and it took two months for me to learn it. Worth it!!!
Methodical and valuable
Straightforward and methodical way of tackling this foundational necessity.

Course Lessons

1
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises – Lesson 1
48:46

Exercise 1: Root Position

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2
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises – Lesson 2
24:20

Exercise 2: Inversions 1

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3
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises – Lesson 3
32:53

Exercise 3: Inversions 2

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4
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises – Lesson 4
31:07

Exercise 4: Inversions 3

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5
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises – Lesson 5
30:07

Exercise 5: Inversions 4

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Minor 2-5-1 chord exercises
Again, another great course. I learned a lot but struggle to play it fast enough.
A huge challenge teaching tons of techniques and information. A lot of time needed, fundamentally important.
This is river deep mountain high stuff. Takes a lot of grit, determination and patience and so much time, and that’s the biggest challenge. Plus I had lots of brain fog and meltdowns especially in the beginning, but I’m old and doing this. Jonny’s teaching, as always, is impeccable but the younger you are - the better. But once you begin to get it in hand it’s wonderful and so much worth it all. Have fun.
Tricky but neccessary
Soloing with these chord progressions made them more enjoyable to learn
Tough but worth it!
It was really helpful for Jonny to tell me to say the chord names out loud as I was playing it. I realized that I hadn't done this for the major 2-5-1 chords, so i had to go back and learn that. This took a lot of hard work, but I feel my jazz playing is coming together better! This was hard, and it took two months for me to learn it. Worth it!!!
Methodical and valuable
Straightforward and methodical way of tackling this foundational necessity.
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