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EXPLORE II-V-I PATTERNS

Welcome! Contrary to popular belief, no matter what level of musicianship we attain, whether beginner, intermediate, or advanced, there is always a hierarchy of levels within a level, so to speak. With that in mind, let’s take a look at II-V-I patterns, and build their harmonic density in three levels of difficulty. When playing in the key of B b major are C-7, F7 to B b maj7; would be C-7, B7 to B b maj7; and  would be E b -7, A b 7 to B b maj7.

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