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Descending bassline,
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for songs like My Funny Valentine,
Masquerade by George Benson.
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It's even used in Michelle by the Beatles.
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So this is a common technique used
to create interest in slow songs.
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So basically the root
moves down in semi-tones.
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So try the following sequence.
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So find G minor.
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First, third, fifth.
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And then you're going to
add on a major seven.
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So G minor.
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Major seven one left of the root.
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G minor seven two left of the root.
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G minor six the next note down.
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And you're at the E-flat major seven.
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Which you'll notice that
if you leave out that one,
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you've still got the top two notes.
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So you're going from G minor
to G minor major seven.
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So these notes stay the same.
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To the seven.
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To the six.
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[SOUND] Then to E flat major seven.
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[SOUND] So there's E flat major seven.
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[SOUND] It's one left to B.
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[SOUND] B flat.
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[SOUND] And you leave that out.
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[SOUND] See that baseline.
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And you end in D.
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So in the right hand,
you can try the G blues scale.
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We haven't learned that yet so.
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But you can play different
combinations of fingering.
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