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Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan's beautiful ballad uses the "backwards" movement through chords 1, 5D and 2-. (This is the reverse of the classic 2-5-1 progression that is so common in jazz.) We study this exact movement in IFR Jam Tracks Level 3.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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Improvise for Real will show you how to improvise and compose your own original music. You'll learn how to write your own chord progressions, and how to create melodies that flow beautifully with the chords. All of the chords to the song above are covered in the following levels of the IFR Jam Tracks series:

IFR Jam Tracks Level 1: Seven Worlds IFR Jam Tracks Level 2: Pure Harmony Essentials IFR Jam Tracks Level 3: Pure Harmony Advanced