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By WaltRibeiro on Apr - 3 - 2009 -- Categories: Chords, Sightreading, Technique, Theory    
  • poor boy

    hey man I just have one question. You say in this video that the best way to get from a major to d sharp minor is from a sharp 7th. Why is that?

  • poor boy

    hey man I just have one question. You say in this video that the best way to get from a major to d sharp minor is from a sharp 7th. Why is that?

  • http://www.waltribeiro.net Walt

    At what point in the video? It’s 8 minutes long… I can’t find it.

    :(

  • poor boy

    you start talking about it at around 3 minutes… between 3 and 3 30. Thanks home slice. Btw I am really digging your lessons.

  • http://www.waltribeiro.net Walt

    To get from A to D#minor:

    Go from A to A#7, which leads to D#minor. Because A#7 is the fifth of D#.

    The 5 chord works for all keys :)

  • http://www.waltribeiro.net Walt

    To get from A to D#minor:

    Go from A to A#7, which leads to D#minor. Because A#7 is the fifth of D#.

    The 5 chord works for all keys :)

  • poor boy

    so you are going like… 5 and then 1. The 5th being the a#7 and then the 1 being the D#m right?

  • http://www.waltribeiro.net Walt

    you got it!

  • http://www.waltribeiro.net Walt

    you got it!

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