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    Posted: May 21 2011 at 12:26
Hello, I've just started playing piano, and I'm trying to learn a song by ear, but I've found it to be very hard. The song I'm talking about only has a simple jazzy piano riff going trought the whole song. And the song I'm refering to is: Big Shot by Bonzo Dog Band. So, I'm looking for someone who can give me some guidance to get the notes down, so far I'm nowhere.

I've played music for 5 years, so I'm not a complete newbie when it comes to scales and so on. Any help is welcome. Just getting to know what key it is in, would help me tremendously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-znH5v2Pqg - There's the song. I'm not really interested in the 10 first seconds, I only want to learn that repeating jazz riff. So, if there is anyone here who can help me, I would really appreciate it.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2011 at 13:41
from what i hear, it's just minor pentatonic -  1, 3, 4 with some extra notes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2011 at 15:40
Yeah, I think it's C minor pentatonic. So;

C, Eb, F, G, Bb

And I think the riff is 

C Eb F F F Eb C 

Well, with lots of embellishments. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 09:30
Thanks guys, I've finally managed to make it sound somewhat like the song!
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