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D minor Jazz, The Chords.
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A great way to learn the rhythm
in jazz is to play with
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the chords of Dm7 and and Em7.
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Dm7, Em7.
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If you play these two chords
with the snap hold rhythm,
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remember you played it with C major 7 and
D minor 7 for Frère Jacques.
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So you're doing it with D minor 7 and
E minor 7.
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So I've changed the key.
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Now a good reason to use this key, and
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these chords is they sound okay repeated.
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Just those two chords.
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And you can also play any
white key on the piano.
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It'll sound okay.
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Another good thing is that where they're
positioned on the piano it's just got
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a nice, light sound.
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Not too high up to interfere with
the melody or improvisation,
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and not too low down,
where it sounds too muddy.
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So.
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Snap hold, snap hold.
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So, I'm gonna play this repeatedly for
a while, so
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that when you're following the video and
you're trying it for yourself,
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you can follow what I'm doing and
get into the rhythm yourself from that.
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Now as I break from that,
cuz it's going to get very repetitive,
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you're gonna have turnaround chords.
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So, this is G minor 7.
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You just hold that for four beats, and
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then A minor 7, and then back to.
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Think of a song like
Moondance by Van Morrison.
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That's a similar type of feel.
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Then, one, two, three, four,
one, two, three, four.
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So try the progression on the next page,
and
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you'll be able to improvise
over the top of that.
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But just for now, don't worry about
improvising in the right hand,
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just get this rhythm into your head.
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So try the progression.
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And so on.
And once you're doing that without any
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difficulty, you're ready for
the right hand.