How To Compose like Stevie Wonder: Golden Lady

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This material is intermediate/early advanced....
How to Compose Music
Chapters:
00:00 Solo Piano Golden Lady
01:10 Intro Talk
02:32 Interlude Transcription
06:54 Song Intro in Eb Major
08:24 Verse, 1st Half
09:31 Leading to the 2nd Half of the Verse
11:36 Verse, 2nd Half Moving to Gb Major
13:05 "Have You Met Miss Jones" Chords
14:22 Duke Ellington's Influence "Prelude To A Kiss"
15:32 Melodic Considerations in the Verse, 2nd Half
16:47 Chorus
18:15 Using Miss Jones to Move from G Major to Eb Major
18:58 Song Structure
21:10 Using These Concepts- Common Tone on Top
23:10 Moving to the 3rd Scale Degree
25:05 Major 7ths Ascending in 1/2 Steps
26:50 "Miss Jones" Harmonies
28:20 Using 'Slash Chords"
29:58 Epilogue

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