BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
2328 / 18210 · Workshop 4 — “Fly Me to the Moon”: Long Circle Motion, Major/Minor Centers, and Making the Harmony Sing← prev⊞ allnext →

4.8The one altered note that matters

Everything up to E7 can largely live inside C major / A natural minor.

Then E7 introduces:

G♯

because E7 is the dominant of A minor.

That gives:

G♯ → A

G♯ → A

Listen to this carefully.

This is the same harmonic-minor leading-tone idea from earlier modules.