Yo, Adam.

Yeah.

I'm going to need you to lead on this podcast today. Okay. You know why? Why? Because, you know, we can talk about major, minor, diminished, augmented. Today we're going to talk about minor, but I'm more of a major guy. You are very... Or kind of an augmented guy, too. You're very... You're bright. You're bright. I'm dull. So, yeah. We have fun.

I'm Adam Anas.

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Now, for such a bright guy, you're looking out the window kind of pensively. Well, because I feel bad for that intro because actually I need you to lead on this because this is a little bit of a tricky area for me. I'm so glad to hear you say this. But it's for a lot of people. So this is so funny that I've just that we've kind of stumbled upon something. Peter?

Okay, if you're not... So glad to hear you say this. But it's for a lot of people. So this is so funny that I've just, that we've kind of stumbled upon something.

Peter?

Okay, if you're not watching on YouTube, if you could see the joy in Adam's eye, he's come to life. Well, because I, you know... He's alive. I am alive because it's so... His eyes are glistening. Something that every professional musician deals with, which is playing a tune in a minor key.

And if you ask... It's something that every professional musician deals with, which is playing a tune in a minor

key.

And if you ask five professional piano players...

What do you mean by professional?

Whatever.

Union members?

Yeah.

Let's say union local 387.

No, if you ask like five good players, what chords are available to you in a minor key, you may get five different answers. Right. Like diatonic chords in a minor key are something, I guess maybe they talk about this in conservatories. You know, we both went to, you went to Juilliard, I went to the new school. And we never dealt with any of this stuff. I know. We just played Wayne Shorter tunes a lot. We just played Handel a lot. But it is an interesting, so like if we were playing softly as in a morning sunrise, Peter. Okay. And this is so interesting to me. So we'll talk about, what we're talking about today is... Can I play Juilliard style? Yeah. style yeah it's a real tango yes it's probably more

tango than it should be yeah no if we were to play a tune in a minor key yeah you're going to get

varying answers about what are the diatonic chords available and minor keys are

very interesting even amongst classical harmony it's not what what is the theory is not often

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