Easy steps to learn jazz piano episode 3
Here is episode 3 of easy steps to learn jazz piano. In episode 1 our first step was to find the notes V that lead to I, dominant leading to tonic, tension to release. This interval, up a perfect 4th or down a perfect 5th is the backbone of most Western music. The graphic below shows the note D moving to the note G. D=5 and G=1.
![Episode 3.
5 moves to 1.](https://www.learnjazzpianoonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/D-to-G_0003-600x129.png)
The second step in episode 2 was to convert these two notes into chords: the dominant 7 chord leading to the tonic chord. An example would be D7 – G or A7 – E. The tonic chord can be major or minor. In the above graphic E7 is moving to A6.
![Episode 3 of easy steps to learn jazz piano.
E7 moves to A6](https://www.learnjazzpianoonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/E7-to-A6_0001-1.png)
In this article, episode 3, we add a third chord, the ‘II’. This is usually a minor 7. And now we have the most important 3-chord sequence in jazz: The II-V-I sequence.
Here’s the short video that I created for YouTube.
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