Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 104k:
- We are playing in the key of A minor.
- We are using familiar chords in C because A minor is the relative minor of C major.
- C Major: C D E F G A B C (the white keys on a piano).
- A Minor: A B C D E F G A (same keys).
- At one point in the jam session, Jon plays with an EBow
, instead of a guitar pick, to magnetically 'bow' the guitar string he's playing. It's a nifty effect.
- The chord progression is Am F C E. The E major (E G# B) technically comes from the use of the A harmonic minor scale (A B C D E F G# A), but it just sounds good, in any case.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gOtJV3wY06w/Swj8zzSiB-I/AAAAAAAAAEo/V0iw0Fl7LuY/s200/am.jpg)
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gOtJV3wY06w/Swj83HkuVHI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Zx6sLRzFZx4/s200/f.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gOtJV3wY06w/Swj8_XnyryI/AAAAAAAAAE4/TOYiPjzYIl0/s200/c.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gOtJV3wY06w/Swj9EObXryI/AAAAAAAAAFA/BdmIZcBMEUA/s200/e.jpg)
There's no fancy technique to Ryan's piano playing, other than playing the chords with both his hands (one triad each), with some embellishments with his right hand. There's a descending melody line at one point: A minor (E D C A); F major (C B A F); C major (G F E C); E major (B A G# E).
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