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The complete I-VI-II-V cycle, part 1

The complete I-VI-II-V cycle, part 1

From the course: Jazz Piano: 4 Tunes & Practice Routines

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The complete I-VI-II-V cycle, part 1

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- Today, we have reached kind of a milestone. We are going to work the complete chord cycle. We've been working on two five to ones, minor, dominant, and one, and now we're going to add in this down here. And this makes a complete chord cycle that naturally gets you through all the different chord qualities and it's really easy to play to just kind of move this around to all 12 keys. We have this as a PDF. The chord progressions are clearly outlined in a PDF, and there are play-along tracks in all 12 keys at all three different tempos. Let's take a real quick look at what it is. It's basically our two five to one. I'm playing it in B-flat here. And then we're going to add in this little altered chord. So what we're getting here is a little workout on our major chord. It works nicely. Then we're getting our altered chord, and we're getting a minor chord, and then we're getting a regular kind of more natural 13 chord or seven chord here on the five chord. So this is the one. This is the…

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