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What is a minor 2-5-1?

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373 guide-tone line

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737 guide-tone line

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Survival line

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Superimpose short 2-5 into a long 2-5-1

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as major two five ones the only

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difference is they set up and resolve to

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you guessed it minor Keys yes there are

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other specific differences between minor

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two five ones and major two five ones

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and I will be getting to the specifics

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in just a second but at its core the

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function of a minor 251 is the same as a

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function of a major two five one just

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resolving to a different quality of

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chord it's still a chord phrase so we

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have multiple chords that you should

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approach as an entire unit instead of

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thinking of each chord individually it's

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a Cadence or a turnaround which gets you

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back to the original key or to a new key

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it's also very common in jazz songs not

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nearly as common as the major 251 but

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you will find minor two five ones and

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variations on it used all over the place

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in jazz improvisation being able to

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understand first what major two five

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ones are and how to construct them and

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play through them is a great Foundation

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to lead you into minor two five ones

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once you're able to understand the basic

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principles of the major two five on on

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how to construct it how to get through

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it you'll then be able to take the

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differences between that and the minor

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251 apply them to that minor 251 and

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easily get through it so you can also

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make great creative melodic solos

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through the minor 251. just before I get

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into it though if you want to go further

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with voice leading and really learn how

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to connect chords when you're

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improvising I highly recommend you check

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the top of the description down below

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now you can see here we have the long

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251 in c minor just like in the major

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251 a minor 251 refers to the two chord

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the V chord the one chord but ending up

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in a minor key the way to approach these

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chords is not going to be starting

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diatonically but just building specific

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seventh chords off of of these specific

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scale degrees so to start out we have

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the two chord in a minor 251 it is not a

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minor seven for the two chord but it's

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very specifically a minor seven flat

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five chord also called a half diminished

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chord we have one flat three flat five

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then flat seven so for D minor seven

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flat five because remember D is the two

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of C we have the notes d f a flat and c

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and it sounds like this

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[Music]

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now we're going to move to the V chord

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instead of being just a regular dominant

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seventh chord we're actually adding an

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extension we're adding the flat 9 to it

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so we have a dominant seven flat nine

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chord in the context of a minor two five

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one to C minor we have G7 flat nine as

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our five chord so the notes would be g b

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d f and a flat here's what that sounds

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like when you play each note

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individually

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[Music]

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if you notice the one altered note the

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note that has a flat in front of it is

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the same for both the two chord and the

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V chord A flat is the flat five of this

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chord and a flat is the flat nine here

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so that's a really important note in the

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minor 2 5. when looking at the

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resolution chord of a minor two five one

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we have some options it resolves to C

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minor but just like I talked about

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earlier in this course C minor can have

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a bunch of different variations you

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could have just a minor Triad you could

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have minor seven minor major seven minor

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six a bunch of different options here I

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chose what's probably most common which

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is a minor seven chord but just

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understand that we're resolving to C

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minor the seventh is in this case the

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flat seven I added onto it to make C

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minor seven but there are other

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variations of it so in the case of C

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minor seven we have one flat three five

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flat seven so that would be c e flat G B

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flat and it sounds like this

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[Music]

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foreign

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played at miner251 for you in c minor

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it's going to be one measure of D minor

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seven flat five one measure of G7 flat

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nine and then two measures of C minor

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seven here's what that sounds like

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[Music]

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I want to talk about the 373 and 737

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guide tone over a minor 251. so here

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you'll see we have our D minor seven

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flat five going to our G7 flat 9

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resolving to C minor seven we have our

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third of D Minor which is f then we have

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our seven of the G7 flat 9 which is also

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F so we have our common tone then our

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resolution note though instead of going

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down a half step to e natural because

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that's the natural third we're going

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down a whole step to E flat which would

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be the third of C minor so I'm just

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going to now play for you this 373 guide

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tone line over top of the backing track

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once again the track is a four measure

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phrase so there's two full measures of C

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minor I'm just going to play measures

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one two three and I will rest in the

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fourth bar

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[Music]

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if you feel comfortable pause the video

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right now go grab your instrument and

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get ready to play along if you don't yet

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and you just want to watch and follow

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along that's totally fine as well so

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we're gonna do the four bar phrase of

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the miner 251 four total times the first

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time through I'm just going to play the

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guide tone line while you follow along

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and listen second time through I want

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you to play the guide tone line the

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third time through I'm going to

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improvise using in each measure chord

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tones of each chord so I'm going to use

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the chord tones of D minor seven flat

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five chord tones of G7 flat 9 and chord

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tones of C minor seven but on beat one

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of each measure I'm gonna hit these

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notes for the guide tone line so I'm

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gonna hit F on beat one F on beat one

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then E flat on beat one then I'll rest

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in bar four and then the fourth time

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through I want you to do what I just did

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don't play back the exact same thing

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that I played but I want you to listen

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to mine first just to get some ideas

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then you improvise over the minor 251

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following the same pattern you play F

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here the F here and the E flat there and

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then rest in bar four before we do this

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we once again the most important thing

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as always are the non-note musical

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elements think about your swing think

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about your time think about your

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articulations and your rhythms yes we're

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focusing on notes here but never lose

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sight of those non-note musical elements

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here we go good luck and have fun

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[Music]

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hahaha

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[Music]

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alright were you able to play through

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that minor 251 with some success I know

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for me the major is always easier it's

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easier for me to hear the alterations a

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little more clear and because it has

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just that nice major sound and we're

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just used to Major songs more than minor

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songs at least for me it's always easier

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for you it might be different that's

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totally fine now we're going to do the

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exact same process again of playing

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together but we're going to do the seven

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three seven guide tone line so this time

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we're starting the two chord using the

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seventh which is C then we're

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approaching the five chordies in the

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third so it's down a half step to B

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natural and look at this instead of

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staying on B natural we move again

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another half step down to B flat because

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the seven of C minor seven is B flat so

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there's no common tones we have C to B

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to B flat so it's a chromatic guide tone

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line let's do the exact same thing I'll

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play through the first time just playing

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the guide tone line second time through

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you play the guide tone line third time

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through I'll improvise hitting these

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guide tones at the beginning of each

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measure resting on bar four and then

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fourth time through you will improvise

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hitting these guide tone lines at the

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beginning of each measure also resting

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on bar four if you do feel comfortable

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playing along awesome if you don't maybe

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you can hum along sing along a little

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bit doesn't have to be perfect but just

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so you can start hearing what these

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chords are and hearing your way through

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the guide tone lines so they become more

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familiar to you here we go good luck and

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as always have fun

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[Music]

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foreign

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[Music]

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thank you

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[Music]

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I don't know if you noticed this but in

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my improvisation I started on the guide

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to a note on C I went down the court so

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I went c a flat F D back up and then hit

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this one then went down the same notes

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because this chord also has a flat F and

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D so I kind of use that as a motif going

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down those notes with just switching the

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top note there and then I resolve to the

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B flat at the end finding these common

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tones and leading tones and guide tones

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between chords is how you can

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effectively and efficiently play

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horizontally through them if you just

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look at each chord in a vacuum and just

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play up and down it get rid of it go to

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the next chord you're really missing

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what connects each chord together do the

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notes move chromatically do you have

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whole steps do you have a lot of common

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tones think about D minor seven flat 5

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and G7 flat 9 they both use the notes d

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f and a flat there's three common tones

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between those two chords so knowing that

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ahead of time can help you actually

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improvise through the changes in a more

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effective way you can use those notes as

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your Motif and Bounce from them away to

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other notes that do change between the

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two chords and create this kind of

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little idea that plays off of the common

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tones there's lots of different ideas

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you can use being aware of what each

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chord is and how it relates to the

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chords around it

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that's the most important thing about

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learning chords in improvisation it's

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not just knowing what the notes of each

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chord are now I want to go to the

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survival line and you'll notice I wrote

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here I wrote using C harmonic minor

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scale when playing through a two five

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one and more specifically when just

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playing the motion over the two and the

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five chord the harmonic minor scale is

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going to be the main scale to use if

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you're thinking in a scale there are

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many options for what C minor could be

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but the harmonic minor scale works the

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best and I'll show you exactly why so

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when taking our survival line just like

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we did in major we're going to start on

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the third of the two chord so that would

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be F we're going to scale down and see

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harmonic minor so we have F then E flat

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d c here's why the harmonic minor scale

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works best watch this little guide tone

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line from C here the seven of this going

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to the third of this chord so as soon as

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we switch to G7 that's when we're

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hitting that b natural you might say to

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yourself well C minor might not really

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have have a B natural well when you have

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a 2 5 1 in minor you do have the

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dominant seven flat nine here so we

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definitely have that b natural so if you

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save that note for right here don't play

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it over the two chord if you save it

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right here over the five chord you're

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going to really lock into that sound and

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it's going to send you along your way

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for the rest of this then we skip down

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to the flat nine which is a flat that's

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right we're not playing a natural here

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because over g seven flat 9 there is no

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a natural it's a flat that's why we're

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skipping from B to a flat then we have

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our G F 7 of this to third E flat those

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notes give you the harmonic minor sound

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here's what this exact line sounds like

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over the backing track

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[Music]

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I'm playing quarter notes because each

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chord takes up an entire measure if each

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chord was only two beats I would play

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this line twice as fast I would play

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eighth notes let's play a little more

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together what I want to do is play the

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survival line and use this as our

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outline hitting the third here hitting

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the third here hitting the third here

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using the harmonic minor scale of the

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one in this case C to fill in the gaps I

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want to improvise back and forth so the

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first time through the two five one I'm

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gonna play the survival line is my

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outline but I'm going to change some

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things about it I might play some

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repeated notes or add some extra rhythms

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or maybe go back and forth between two

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of the notes the main thing is I'll be

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hitting the third here the third here

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the third here and using the harmonic

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minor scale only in the notes only of

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that scale to fill in then the second

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time through I want you to improvise I

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want you to just come up with something

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on your own sure you could do a response

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of what I did or you can play off of

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what I did or take it somewhere else

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whatever you want to do but you don't

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have have to just repeat back to me what

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I played then the third time through I'm

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gonna play it again I might add a little

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more this time but still I'm staying

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with the same notes not changing any of

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the notes I'm only using the C harmonic

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minor scale and then fourth time through

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I want you to improvise again maybe try

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a little further maybe jump around a

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little more play some triplets vary the

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Rhythm in a different way add some

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syncopation whatever you want as long as

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you're hitting the guide tone line using

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the C harmonic minor scale descending

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here we go starting with me good luck

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and have fun

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[Music]

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hey

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foreign

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[Music]

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how fun was that when you're thinking of

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these simple ideas like the survival

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line and once again the survival line is

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just an easy line that you already know

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it's just one scale descending but it

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hits great chord tones has great voice

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leading it always works when thinking of

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the simple line like that in real time

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of improvising you could then be worried

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about more musical elements you could be

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worried about fitting the Rhythm Section

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doing some interaction with the band

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doing a different articulation different

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Dynamics different range stuff adding

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other colors you're not worried about

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memorizing licks you're not worried

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about some pattern that you practiced

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yes that stuff might come out in your

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playing but in real time you shouldn't

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be thinking of that if you just memorize

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some of these simpler ideas you can then

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alter them in real time whereas if you

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had an already complicated line it's

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going to be hard to alter that in real

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time I don't know if you noticed this

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but in my second time through the 251 I

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hit every single note exactly on the

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downbeat but what I did was I played

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eighth note triplets I played this note

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then the next note above it in this

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scale then back down so I went fgf E

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flat F E flat d e flat d c d c b c b a

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flat B A flat g a flat g f g f and then

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finally E flat even though something

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like that because I know it's a simple

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line going down I know where to land

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those notes I can add those other

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rhythms and it doesn't feel any more

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complicated to me yes I might need that

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technique of going

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but when I practice scales I've gone

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through all those patterns already and

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I've taken these scales and kind of

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messed around with them and I feel very

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comfortable with the scale the final

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thing I want to talk to you about and

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show you over specifically minor two

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five ones is how to turn a long two five

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one into a short two five one or rather

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how to superimpose a short two five one

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in c minor over top of a long two five

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one in c minor so up until now the two

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chord and the V chord have been a full

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measure each we're in four four so four

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full beats each that's what I call a

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long 2-5 or long two five one a short

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two five one is just half of that amount

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it's just two beats of the two chord two

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beats of the five chord then the

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resolution chord the function is the

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exact same as the long two five one

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there is nothing different about a short

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two five one versus a long two five one

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other than the length of time on each

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chord yes if you're using specific lines

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you have to adjust them for the new

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length of time for example if you took

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those sample lines that I wrote out you

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can either omit half the notes or play

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them twice as fast so play them as 16th

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notes and they would work over a short

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two five one same thing like when I

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showed you the survival line that was

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written as quarter notes going down if

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you wanted to apply the survival line

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over this measure of a short two five

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you would have to make it eighth notes

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to make it fit harmonically in this

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measure I believe learning short two

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fives and short two five vocabulary is

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much more important than learning long

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to five vocabulary just understand that

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you can use short 2-5 vocabulary and

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lines and ideas over long two fives and

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over short two fives but long two five

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vocabulary the only way you can really

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make it work over short two fives is by

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playing it twice as fast so if you're

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working on double time lines and 16th

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note lines that's where it can work but

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other than that you can't really apply

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it directly the way you can going from

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short to long so first off why would you

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want to superimpose a short two five in

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a long two five well the main reason is

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to create motion a lot of times when you

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have a full measure of the two chord and

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then a full measure of the V chord

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specifically in a song at a slower tempo

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the performer might be you in this case

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you might not be as comfortable creating

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motion or creating something interesting

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all the way through that measure that

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leads into the next measure then playing

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all the way through that measure sure if

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you have some lines worked out and you

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have the voice leading ideas that we

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just went over worked out that will help

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you but you still have to create some

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type of motion through these stagnant

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chords once again it becomes more

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Apparent at a slower Tempo the way to

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create motion without changing any of

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the harmony is to just superimpose a

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short two five over the measure of the

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five in a long two five one what I mean

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by superimpose in this case is what

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you're thinking about playing as the

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improviser the Rhythm Section will still

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play the long two five one the only

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difference is when we get to the V chord

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you will be thinking about soloing over

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a short two five how can this help you

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well the guide tone lines now are going

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to go from beat one through beat three

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then into the next measure as opposed to

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just at the end of the first measure and

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at the end of the second measure here we

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have more Motion in the middle of this

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measure which will help keep the line

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moving forward I'm now going to

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demonstrate something so you can kind of

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hear that motion I'm going to have the

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backing track play The Long 251 to C

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minor twice the first time through I'm

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going to play the D Minor 7 flat 5 chord

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in quarter notes the G7 flat 9 in

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quarter notes well not technically

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quadrants I guess a five tuplet and then

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the C minor seven in quarter notes then

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the second time through I'm going to

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play the D minor seven flat five as

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coordinates again but then in the second

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measure I'm gonna again play D minor

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seven flat five in four eighth notes

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then I'll play the G7 flat nine in five

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notes over two beats like a five tuplet

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over two there resolving to the C minor

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in quarter notes this way you can hear

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me play both chords here the short two

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five while the Rhythm Section is just

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playing the long two five here's what

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that sounds like really listen closely

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foreign

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could you hear how that motion was

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created there while the harmony stayed

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the same that's the whole point of using

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short two fives over long two fives this

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right here was just an overview on what

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you can do and hopefully it's starting

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to give you some ideas of how you can

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treat long two fives in specific songs

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Learn to easily improvise through any chord changes with this FREE masterclass: ►https://www.davepollack.com/freemasterclass The minor 2-5-1 is a common chord progression that functions almost the same as a major 2-5-1, but with some slight variations. In this video I show you how to identify, construct, and play through the minor 2-5-1! This video doesn't cover EVERYTHING to know about minor 2-5-1s, but should give you a solid foundation on how to start improvising over them. If you want to go deeper on this (and many other) topics, stay tuned because in early 2023 "Simple Steps to Improvisation Success" will once again be available to join! 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - What is a minor 2-5-1? 04:22 - 373 guide-tone line 07:34 - 737 guide-tone line 10:37 - Survival line 16:02 - Superimpose short 2-5 into a long 2-5-1 Check out some more videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QPFAUbUvt24ACM5UrSQzkV2fuvPJJ2U https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QPFAUbUvt07VYOHgg3WvSg7gsvL7d9Q Thank you to my sponsors! ►Boston Sax Shop - https://www.bostonsaxshop.com/?aff=9 ►Key Leaves - https://keyleaves.com/ ►10mfan - https://10mfan.com/ ►Website: https://www.davepollack.com/ ►Instagram: @davepollackmusic

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