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Category Archive: Chord Progressions

Transposition: The Musical Way to Transpose Harmony

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A prerequisite to Transposing Harmony like a musician is to conceive and hear the music in functional musical terms, not just as an arbitrary sequence of dots…

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2011-05-01 Chord Progressions, Transposition

Chord Progressions: Minor Add2 (Rootless) Resolved to Minor Triad

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In this suspension we delay the resolution to the root (“the 1”) of the minor triad by playing “the 2” instead…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Major Add2 (Rootless) Resolved to Major Triad

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In this suspension we delay the resolution to the root (“the 1”) of the major triad by playing “the 2” instead…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, Chords

Chord Progressions: Sus2 Resolved to Minor Triad

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Csus2 (read “C suspended second”) with its minor triad resolution…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Sus2 Resolved to Major Triad

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Csus2 (read “C suspended second chord”) with its major triad resolution…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, Chords

Chord Progressions: Sus4 Resolved to Minor Triad

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Csus4 (read “C suspended fourth chord”) with its minor triad resolution…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Sus4 Resolved to Major Triad

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Csus4 (read “C suspended fourth”) with its major triad resolution…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Stationary Harmony, Moving Bass

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A simple, but very effective, way to musically expand a single chord is to play a Moving Bass Line under the Stationary Harmony…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Chord Inversion & Bass Melody

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One way to expand the musical possibilities of a chord progression is to invert some of the chords in order to create both harmonic interest and melodic movement in the bass line…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions

Chord Progressions: Secondary Dominants

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Secondary Dominant Seventh Chords are a powerful way to expand the harmonic (and melodic) possibilities of music beyond the seven diatonic notes in a major or minor key…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, Chords

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