One way to expand the harmonic possibilities of a chord progression beyond diatonic triads is to “borrow” chords from a parallel scale (a scale that has the same key center)…
Category Archive: Chord Progressions
A Pedal Point is a sustained tone, usually the lowest bass note, over which the changing chords in a chord progression are played…
Studying the i-V7-i Chord Progression, the minor counterpart of the major I-V-I, will teach you the harmonic tension and release formula that makes an incredible amount of music tick…
Studying the Major I-V7-I Chord Progression will teach you about the harmonic tension and release formula that makes an incredible amount of music tick…
Voice Leading refers to the arrangement of chord tones within a chord progression such that each tone moves horizontally through the chord changes as a single voice…
Roman Numeral Analysis is an invitation to start thinking about and listening to chords in functional harmonic terms…
A Chord Progression is a sequence of chords that achieve a larger-scale harmonic purpose than can be achieved by a single chord alone…
Studying Chord Progressions–by ear, intellect, eyes, and muscles–is essential to understanding how an enormous amount of music works…
Learn to think about, hear, see, feel, study, and practice chord progressions like a real musician!
There is no rule requiring that the root of the chord be the lowest note played…