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If you're at a pickup jazz gig, they'll say "ok this one is in E, mostly standard 2-5-1s but there's a change to the dominant 3 at the bridge" or something to that effect. Been playing for 30 years.


Ok, that's not Nashville. That's Bach era harmony terminology. Welcome to the 17th/18th century.


The rest is filled in by context and listening. You really don't know what you're talking about here.



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