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*NOTE*: at 5:56 I accidentally referred to the Ebmaj7 chord as the VI chord. Rather it is the III chord. Apologies for the error!

Today, we're talking about the classic minor jazz standard, "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise". We'll take a look at the chords to figure out the most efficient way to learn it as well as some harmonic secrets within the tune that will help us improvise over it.

🕒CHAPTERS🕒
00:00 Intro
00:26 Short demo
00:52 The best way to learn the melody
01:20 Identifying the key - The first A section
01:54 Things you can do with a minor ii-V-I progression
03:17 A tritone substitution
05:45 Chord substitution options
07:03 Associating the melody of the song with the chords
07:39 The second A section
09:45 The relative major key
10:06 Diminished substitution
10:24 Passing diminished chord
11:00 The best way to improvise on a dim7 chords
12:48 The bridge

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