Jazz Guitar Today Lesson: “The Nearness of You”

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In this video, Davy Mooney explores one of Hoagy Carmichael’s perfect tunes: “The Nearness of You.” He focuses on the devious harmonic maneuver on the A section, wherein the IV chord becomes a iv diminished before resolving to iii. Tricky stuff!

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