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Circle of fifths part 3: 2-5-1 in G, fingering ideas

Circle of fifths part 3: 2-5-1 in G, fingering ideas

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Circle of fifths part 3: 2-5-1 in G, fingering ideas

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- [Instructor] Okay, let's look at the most common way to play the A minor. A minor seven actually. Two, two, three, three. And then D seven I like to play chords which are as close to the one I just played, as possible. So this is two, four, three, that's a nice D seven. Leads us beautifully to open G. I'm not playing the top string right now on this G. I do on the A minor seven, and I don't on the D seven, and I don't on the G. I just like the sound of that third string, and I think it's really good practice to learn to play chords on just the bottom three strings. That provides plenty of brightness for much context. Okay, so here's the next A minor I wanna look at. It's up the next five, six, seven, seven. And the D seven that goes with that beautifully is this D seven here, five, four, five. And it leads to this kind of G seven, four, five, five. Now if we wanted to make that A minor seven an A minor seven, instead of just in A minor, we would do this. It looks surprisingly like a…

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