Lets look at the most common chord combinations or more commonly called "PROGRESSIONS" used in contemporary music. Referencing the "Family of chords building blocks of songs" blog lets take C major and its harmonized chords and put them to practical work!
ii, V, I = The two or D minor chord the five or G major or G seventh chord and finally the one or C major chord. This is how it is written for a basic rhythm chart. The lines are called hash marks and are the same thing as a quarter note. Each chord gets four beats.
Dm //// G //// C /////
Record or have a friend play this progression for 5 to 10 minutes while you play the C major scale using quarter then eight notes. I recommend strumming each chord 4 times and the one chord 8 times.
Stay tuned for more progressions.
ATB,
Vince Lauria
Now transpose
these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to
all 15 keys.
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