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This Jazz Piano Lesson will help you Discover, Learn, and Play essential chord/scale relationships to develop your Chord Family Scales. In this jazz piano lessons you will:

1. Discover: Essential Chord/Scale Relationships
2. Learn: How to see these relationships when grouped By Chord Families
3. Play: The correct (most common) scales for the 5 Primary Sounds of Jazz

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EPISODE OUTLINE:

1. Chord Family (5 Primary Sounds)
1. Major
2. Dominant
3. Minor
4. Half-Diminished
5. DIminished
2. 12 Notes In Music
1. 12 Chord Families
1. Chord Family Formula
1. 1-3-5-7
2. 1-3-5-b7
3. 1-b3-5-b7
4. 1-b3-b5-b7
5. 1-b3-b5-bb7
2. Four Note Chords
1. Why? No Dominant Triad!
3. C Chord Family
1. C Major
1. Demo 1
1. Ionian Mode (I Chord)
2. C D E F G A B (C Major Scale)
2. C Dominant
1. Demo 2
1. Mixolydian Mode (V Chord)
2. C D E F G A Bb (F MAjor Scale)
3. C Minor
1. Demo 3
1. Dorian Mode (II Chord)
2. C D Eb F G A Bb (Bb Major Scale)
4. C Half DIminished
1. Demo 4
1. Locrian Mode
2. C DB Eb F Gb Ab Bb (Db Major Scale)
5. C Diminished
1. Demo 5
1. 7th Mode Harmonic Minor
2. C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bbb (Db Harmonic Minor Scale)

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