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Author:  J. Jagelka Posted:  7/1/01; 2:51:53 PM Topic:  Giant Steps Msg#:  1969 (in response to 1967) Prev/Next:  1968/1970 Reads:  1713

Brent,

There are three keys, B, G and Eb.  Each V7 chord or iim7 V7 sequence puts you into the related key.  So you have:  (keys are in parens)  | B (G) | G (Eb) | Eb | (G) | G (Eb)  | Eb (B) | B | etc.  Hope this clears it up.  It's hard to explain something without me being familir with the level of  harmony you already know.  If this doesn't make sense to you please ask again.

Joe

ps. Had trouble with the bar indications so had to re-do.

pps.  After thinking about it for a minute which I should have done before I sent the first post.  Let's try it this way:  When you see a B, C#m7 or an F#7 you are immediately in B.  When you see a G, Am7 or D7 you are in G. And when you see an Eb, Fm7 or Bb7 you in Eb.  I think this is a better approach on my part.

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