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A song in a minor key

A song in a minor key

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A song in a minor key

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- So now I'm going to take some of the concepts I showed you, minor scales and relative major scales, and I'm going to show you how you can use them in a song with one of my own compositions, called Must Have Been Somebody Else. The song is in C minor and you're going to notice it has a real minor feel to it by the opening lick. And then for refrain, I'll move to the relative major of E flat major. Then I'm going to end the song with the beginning of the bridge which is going to have a chord that's going to feel a little bit strange to you and really what I'm going to do is tease a concept called modulation. Something we'll look at a bit later on. Here we go. (piano music) ♫ I've been listening for your footstep at my door. ♫ I've done this kind of thing ♫ a thousand times or more. ♫ And after every time, I tell myself ♫ it's over, that it doesn't feel right, ♫ It wasn't that funny but she ♫ laughed all night ♫ Just like we been buddies, ♫ No, what about before? ♫ You must have been…

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