Musical Scale Walking

When you are moving from one chord to another in a song, it helps to know the musical scale of the chord that you are on as you change chords,  because you can then just “walk up the scale” from one chord to another. Sometimes this is done in octaves and sometimes in 10ths – usually in the left hand. Watch this short video and you will understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnimIXY0cw

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