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Mark Levine Jazz Flashcards

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Aeolian

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6th mode of a major scale. Natural minor.

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The natural minor scale is called what?

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Aeolian. 6th mode of a major scale.

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“altered mode”

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the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale.

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“avoid” note

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Note from the scale of a chord that sounds dissonant when held against the chord. Usually the 4th of a major chord and the 11th of a dominant chord.

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The 4th of a major chord and the 11th of a dominant chord are also called what?

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The “avoid” note.

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6
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What is the avoid note in a dominant chord?

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The 11th

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7
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What is the avoid note in a major chord?

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The 4th

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8
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When did bebop evolve?

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The early 1940’s

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9
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Charlie Parker is called by what nickname?

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Bird.

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“Bird” refers to what famous musician?

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Charlie Parker.

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11
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What does “blowing choruses” mean?

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The choruses of a tune that are improvised.

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“Break” in a jazz setting.

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Usually at the beginning of a solo. The soloist plays alone while the rest of the band lays out, usually for 2, 4, or 8 bars.

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Bridge

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The B section, usually on an AABA or ABA tune.

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14
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“The channel” is another term for what?

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The bridge.

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15
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Cadenza

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The improvised rubato ending of indeterminate length, played by the soloist while the rhythm section lays out.

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16
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Changes

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The chords to a tune.

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17
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The chords to a tune are also called what?

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The changes.

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18
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“Chorus” can mean what, besides a repeated refrain?

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Once through a tune.

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19
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Once through a tune is referred to as what?

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A chorus.

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20
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Clave

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A two bar rhythmic pattern that almost all Afro-Cuban music is based upon.

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What’s the two-bar rhythmic pattern from Afro-Cuban music called?

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Clave

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22
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In the circle of fourths, which direction will the next note be a 4th higher?

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Counterclockwise.

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23
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In circles of fourths and fifths, which one goes higher clockwise and which counterclockwise?

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Circle of fourths gets higher as you move counterclockwise and the circle of fifths gets higher as you move clockwise.

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24
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Deceptive cadence

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A V chord resolving someplace other than down a 5th.

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25
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What’s the name for a V chord that resolves to a ii?

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A deceptive cadence. It would be deceptive as long as it resolved anywhere but down a 5th.

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Diatonic

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Chords within a particular key. CM7, D-7, Esus-9, FM#4, G7, and Gsus are diatonic to the key of C.

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27
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Name some jazz chords diatonic to the key of C

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CM7, D-7, Esus-9, FM#4, G7, and Gsus are diatonic to the key of C.

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28
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“Straight ahead” means what?

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Play with a swing feeling.

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29
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Playing with a swing feeling can be called what?

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Playing straight ahead.

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30
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What’s the inversion of a major 3rd?

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minor 6th

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31
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What’s the inversion of a minor 6th?

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major 3rd

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32
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What’s the inversion of a minor 2nd?

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major 7th

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33
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What’s the inversion of a major 7th?

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minor 2nd

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34
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What’s the inversion of a perfect 5th?

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perfect 4th

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35
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What’s the inversion of a tritone?

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Tritone.

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36
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What triad is made of two minor 3rds?

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A diminished triad.

37
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What intervals make up an augmented triad.

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Two major 3rds.

38
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What triad has a major 3rd with a minor 3rd on top.

A

Major triad.

39
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What’s the basic chord progression in jazz?

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II-V-I

40
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What is one musical example of the II-V-I progression in jazz?

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“Stella by Starlight” by Victor Young. “Tune Up” by Miles Davis. “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane.

41
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Name the modes in order

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Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian.

42
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What mode is built on the 5th scale degree?

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Mixolydian

43
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What mode is built on the 4th scale degree?

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Lydian

44
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What mode is built on the 3rd scale degree?

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Phrygian

45
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What mode is built on the 7th scale degree?

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Locrian

46
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Dorian is built on what scale degree?

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2nd

47
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Lydian is built on what scale degree?

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4th

48
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Phrygian is built on what scale degree?

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3rd

49
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Ionian is built on what scale degree?

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1st

50
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M7 is what mode?

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Ionian

51
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-7 is what mode?

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Dorian or Phrygian or Aeolian

52
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M7#4 is what mode?

A

Lydian

53
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7 is what mode

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Mixolydian

54
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dim is what mode

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Locrian

55
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Jazz musicians name the chords by their modal names why?

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Because in a major key the 7th chords built on each scale degree are in that mode. And it’s easier than those complicated chordal names.

56
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A major 7th chord has what intervals, relative to the root?

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major 3rd, perfect 5th, major 7th

57
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A Dorian, or -7, chord has what intervals, relative to the root?

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minor 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th

58
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What are the many ways to notate a D minor 7th chord?

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D-7, Dmin7, Dmi7, Dm7

59
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What are the many ways to notate a C major 7th chord?

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C(triangle)7, C, Cmaj7, CM7.

60
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What other chords are used interchangeably with CM7?

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C6 and C 9/6

61
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A Mixolydian, or Dominant 7th chord, is made out of what intervals, relative to the root?

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major 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th

62
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What are the many ways to notate a G dominant 7th chord?

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G7. Or V chord.

63
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What interval is the same in the II, V, and I chords?

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The perfect 5th.

64
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Major 3rd and major 7th?

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Major 7th

65
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Minor 3rd and minor 7th?

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Minor 7th

66
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Major 3rd and minor 7th?

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Dominant 7th

67
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What’s II, V, I in the key of C?

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D-7, G7, CM7

68
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What’s II, V, I in the key of D?

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E-7, A7, DM7

69
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What’s II, V, I in the key of E?

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F#-7, B7, EM7

70
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What’s II, V, I in the key of F?

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G-7, C7, FM7

71
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What’s II, V, I in the key of G?

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A-7, D7, GM7

72
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What’s II, V, I in the key of A?

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B-7, E7, AM7

73
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What’s II, V, I in the key of B?

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C#-7, F#7, BM7

74
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What’s the first interval in Miles Davis’s “Four”?

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Ascending major 2nd

75
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What’s the first interval in Cedar Walton’s “Bolivia”?

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Descending minor 2nd

76
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What’s the first interval in Miles Davis’s “Tune-up”

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Descending major 2nd

77
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What famous tune starts with an ascending minor 2nd?

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Thelonious Monk’s “Blue Monk”

78
Q

What is Jerome Kern’s “All the things you are” a great example of?

A

Movement around the circle of 5ths.

79
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This piece 1939 piece from “Very Warm for May” is a good example of movement around the circle of 5ths.

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Jerome Kern’s (and Oscar Hammerstein - lyrics) “All the things you are”

80
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“Bird of Paradise” by Charlie Parker, “Prince Albert” by Kenny Dorham and “Boston Bernie” by Dexter Gordon all use the changes from what tune?

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“All the things you are” by Jerome Kern.

81
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Keys in the circle of fifths, counterclockwise the way Jazz folks play them.

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C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G

82
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What comes after A in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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D

83
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What comes after Eb in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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Ab

84
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What comes after C in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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F

85
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What comes after Db in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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Gb

86
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What comes after D in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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G

87
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What comes after B in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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E

88
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What comes after Bb in the jazz circle of 5ths?

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Eb

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