The Shifting Tonal Center
Stage IV Jazz Improvisation Lessons • 13m
This lesson extends the numeric approach of identifying, learning, and transposing chord changes to include shifts in tonality between related major and minor keys. Exercises and examples are based on the chord changes to the standards, "God Bless the Child," and "Autumn Leaves."
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