Fundamentals
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Fundamentals Content
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829 Lessons
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Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Eb Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with "Hasta La Vista."
Common Chords
Inversions
Song - Hasta La Vista
Accompaniment
"Samba D. Loves Me" (Samba)
"Won 23" (Jazz Waltz)
"Block & Catch" (Funk)
Dm7(b5), Gm7(b5)
Em7(b5), Am7(b5)
Cm7(b5), Fm7(b5)
"Suite 1625" (Swing)
"I'm Only Half Diminished" (Bossa)
G#m7(b5), C#m7(b5)
F#m7(b5), Bm7(b5)
A#m7(b5), D#m7(b5)
"Miner Turn Around" (Ballad)
Definition & Positions
This comprehensive course covers half-diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Learn to improvise with the exotic Phrygian Dominant Scale, the most hauntingly beautiful jazz scale. Discover its origin and how it's used.
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