Questions tagged [chord-progressions]
For questions about sequences of chords, and the relationship of one chord to the next. Typically questions about chord progressions should also be tagged harmony if asking about in depth concepts about them. Questions that are about abstractions of chord progressions use Roman Numeral analysis should also be tagged with Roman-Numeral and analysis if applicable.
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Why does this chord progression work? I feel like I've heard it before but can't find the pattern
I had this song stuck in my head all day and tried to play by ear the section that starts around 1:40 on the guitar.
If I'm not wrong, the chord progression here is the following :
|Am / / / |C / / /...
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What is this chord progression?
There is a chord progression in Nasty Majesty (Track 2 in Octotune, from Splatoon 2) that I am having trouble analyzing.
It is:
Gminor Bflat Cminor D7 Gminor
and I am not sure how to analyze it.
I ...
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Is the ii V I scale based on the upcoming I scale ? Wouldn't that cause key change?
The key is in E Major.
The chord progression goes like E - C#m - B/F#,F# - B
I thought the chord progressions were I - Vi - V/V - I
But if you see the first bar at the picture, there is A# in ...
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Two types of chromatic chord progressions?
Sometimes chromatic progressions seem to just shift a chord a certain amount of semi-tones with no regards to the scale like chromatic mediants and chromatic planing, chromatic alterations, etc. But ...
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Standard 12 bar blues shuffle
In a standard 12 bar blues shuffle, “A” Major, on a six string guitar, in standard tuning. When you get to the IV, I know... I can play the pentatonic major/minor, I know I can do some mode positions ...
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How would you analyze this chord progression?
I have this chord progression I need to analyze. The songs is definitely in the key of D throughout the verses and choruses, but this bridge is very crazy:
Em Eb D E
G Em D
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chorus construction in pop and rock
At the moment, I feel like my choruses are, in fact, just a slight and arbitrary variation in harmony from the verse. Switch to the ride cymbal and maybe play straight eight notes on the guitars, and ...
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Can you help me analyse some Baroque playing?
im trying to make serious study of Ted Greenes Baroque improvisation lessons on Youtube, and am hoping someone more experienced can tell me the function of a particular two chords;
The section of the ...
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Cadence I V I IV
This cadence with inversion is correct:
key Gmajor
G - D/F# - G/B - C?
I have a doubt with the line of bass
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Did Elliott Smith use Chromatic Mediants?
Just a quick question. So I'm watching this video about theory on Elliott Smith and the guy that made this says: "I think that the number one most important thing that you'll hear in his songs. Moving ...
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Chord progression where tonic chord does not appear at all
The song Weird Fishes (Arpeggi) by Radiohead has a chord progression which has been shared in a website and I believe it is more or less correct:
Em7 F#m7 A A7 A6 Gmaj7
The song seems to be in ...
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Applying some analysis to Amaj Cmaj Dmaj Amaj
Why does Amaj Cmaj Dmaj Amaj work so well?
How can we describe the relationships between these chords?
What key am I even in? Amaj and Dmaj could be I and IV in A major, or Cmaj and Dmaj could be ...
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What is a B-flat major chord doing in the key of A minor?
The piece is Chopin's waltz in A minor op. 34 no. 2, measure 70:
We seem to be in the key of A minor due to the cadences in measures 71 and 73. But B-flat major is not in the key of A minor (right?)...
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transition chords for the ii-V progression
Besides simple half step approaches to the next chord do you know of any nice transition chords between the ii and V and/or the V and ii when playing on a ii-V vamp?
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Expanding the I-IV progression
I wanted to make the I-IV progression a little more interesting by having the I fall a third to its relative minor, vi, before moving to IV (so, I-vi-IV). I do like the melodramatic I-vi progression, ...
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Non-repeating chord progression in pop verse progression
I am having trouble understanding a pop song verse progression that I came across.
Please see the following screenshot of the sheet music:
Here are the two main things I notice:
1) The first "...
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What other scales can be played over ii chord in ii-V-I besides Dorian?
Soloing over ii-V-I is usually associated with modes. Dorian-Myxolydian-Ionian. I'm trying to expand my soloing by playing "outside", so I wanted to find out what other scales can be played over ...
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added tone chords
Some of my favorite songs included added tones in their chord progressions to keep things interesting. I would like to follow suit, but I tend to become overwhelmed with the options: sevenths, added-...
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Math rock chord progression analysis
I have been given this chord progression I have to analyse:
Em9 | F#m7 F#7/G | Bm11 | Cmaj7 Dmaj7 | Em9 (loop around)
I've got around to set E as the root since it's the one that sounds the most ...
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What are these chords called?
So I have these chords in my song, and was wondering what they're called. I've heard they might be classed as an 'inversion' or 'power chord', but I'm still learning musical jargon so any insight ...
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Do all 7th progessions sound good as triad progressions? [closed]
I am studying non-diatonic 7th chords in chord progressions and was wondering if most non diatonic 7th chords would still sound good in their triad version? I guess the answer is yes but are there ...
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Need help analysing song
Newbie here and just stared analysing songs
I came across this tune that has the following chord progression
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 | Fmaj7 Fmaj7 | F#m F | D D
The song seems to resolve on an A but doesnt ...
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Chord progression (Em7,Bm7 what next)?
I’m working on my song and need help with chord progression.
The verse chord progression is : G, Cadd9, A7sus4 and Dsus4
I made a bridge with Em7 and Bm7 but I don’t know what need to come next (I ...
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What is the music theory behind substituting the IV chord in a I-IV-V progession in A for a G7 instead of D?
The other day I was playing guitar and messing around with adding various embellishments to a blues I-IV-V progression in the key of A. One I particularly enjoyed was substituting the D (IV) chord for ...
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Flats (b's) in chord progressions
I found out that we had two (basic) chords intervals:
Major scale chords: I ii iii IV V vi vii°
Minor scale chords: i ii° III iv v VI VII
Here one can see some charts of chords from common ...
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Is there a standard way of singing over ii-V-I in jazz?
I am new to music theory especially jazz and blues. I have since learned about writing lyrics or singing over a traditional 12 bar blues progression using AAB form, thus repeating the first line (A) ...
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How can I play a solo when there is no chord progression?
Ok I'll explain the situation.
I have to play a guitar solo during one section of a song. The problem is that during that section the other guitar only plays the D5 chord in an irregular pattern with ...
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Characteristic scale degrees
Came across an article at openMsicTheory.com about harmonic function. Below excerpt was about finding function of a chord
Each of the three harmonic functions — tonic (T), subdominant (S), and ...
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How can i find chord progression for main theme melody?
How does one find chord progressions of the track?
I'm trying to find the sequence to:
melody starts at 3:26 min.
All I could fine :
Key of song is E minor,
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How would this chord from “I'll See You In My Dreams” best be analyzed?
In the song "I'll See You In My Dreams", there is a chord progression that I really love. I'm wondering if there is a "best" way to analyze one of the chords.
The song is in the key of F Major, and ...
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What's the root of this chord progression
I've encountered a chord progression, but I'm not quite sure to which key it belongs (I discovered it by playing around on a guitar). The chord progression sounds like this: Amadd9 Em/G F#7add11
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What Constitutes a Secondary Dominant?
A secondary dominant chord has chromatic notes in it - it's non-diatonic. As in key C, E7 can be called a secondary dominant chord. BUT to be a dominant, or secondary dominant, does it HAVE to lead to ...
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Secondary dominants
I saw this progression as an example on an article about secondary dominants:
C Am B7 C
Is the idea here to have B7 as the dominant of E which is the dominant of Am?
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Understanding Cm7-F7-F#Maj7-G# progression
I recently started studying music theory, and while exploring inverted 7th chords, I put together this chord progression simply because it sounded quite good to me.
What I can’t get is how to ...
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Attempt to make Jazz chord progression on 7-Limit tuning
This is a sequel to this question. Refer to it for the just ratio of the tones.
Being septimal, I thought it could be used for Jazz. The chord progression I made is (Based on C):
CM7 - F♯ø7 - FM7 - ...
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Notating “enharmonic” chords, e.g. iv7 vs bVI6
I've seen those two chords bVI6 and iv7 used interchangeably for what seems like the same context following I -> IV chord movements in B sections (sometimes continuing to the dominant, sometimes ...
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How to determine passing chords
How do you determine passing chords from one chord to another, as I've seen how most gospel/jazz pianists do?
So far, I am familiar with progressions such as the II-V-I as means to go from one chord ...
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How does Different Chord Qualities work in Chord Progressions?
I'm curious how different types of chord qualities affect chord progressions, for example:
Can an add9 chord be added into a C F G progression?
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Guitar rif comparisons and similarities
Consider the bass guitar line of a song called "Schism":
and another bass guitar line of a song called "Pneuma".
When Pneuma was ...
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Modulation by a tritone: nomenclature
The chord progression in question follows:
C -> C#7 -> F#
in order to modulate from F to F# (C is the V of F etc.)
But is it F# or Gb? And if it's Gb, should the C#7 be a Db7 instead?
Does it ...
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What is a chord progression?
I do not know about chord progressions.
What is a chord progression?
What is an example of chord progression?
Thank you.
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Hey, I wrote something and I'm not really sure what the chords are [closed]
I wrote a tune but I don't know what chords go along with it. If anyone could figure it out that'd be great.
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I wish you a merry Christmas: what is this chord progression called?
Is there a special term for this chain of secondary dominants V/IV, V/V, V/vi ?
(or in C major: C,F,D,G,E,Am)
It’s a frequent chord pattern in the era of Baroque and has also been used in the ...
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Intro of A Whiter Shade of Pale: is my analysis of chords correct?
I wonder about 2 points in this intro (I can ask them in to different questions if desired)
I'm not sure whether I hear this progression correct ...
The beginning ...
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Suspensions in 'The Long and Winding Road'?
Ian MacDonald (music critic/author) writes of the "heartbreaking suspensions" that characterize the harmony of "The Long and Winding Road". I was curious about this, so I printed the first page of ...
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Non-cadential use of 6/4 chord
I guess the 6-4 chord in common practice music is typically seen as a "cadential" 6-4, used to embellish the chords around it by means of bass arpeggiation.
In rock music, however, a I chord in ...
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Why do I hear a major key lament bass in Bach's Chaconne in D minor?
I noticed as I listen to Bach's Chaconne in D minor, that not only do I hear a lament bass when Bach is in D minor but also when he is in D major. But why? It isn't like the lament bass is normally ...
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Are there songs written using non-functional harmony
I have been trying to write music that does not resolve to a tonic. Would this be non-functional harmony?
CMaj7 / Dbdim7 / BMaj7 / Eb7b5
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Determining roman numeral notation
I am just starting to learn music theory so if I'm making an obvious mistake, forgive me.
Given the chord progression D major B♭ major F major C major, I have assumed that it is in the key of F major ...
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Chord progression integrity/plagiarism [closed]
I am wondering what connotes plagiarism--or at least a lack of artistic integrity--with regards to chord progressions. Could you indicate a progression which: a) should be used openly, b) shows a ...
