Normal Progression:
Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.
This can be ascending or descending.
The following examples will all be in C major (4 note chords) using Normal Progressions:
Ascending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)
C, E, G, B (C major seventh)
C, E, A, C (F major seventh - second inversion) incomplete
D, F, B, D (G dominent seventh - second inversion) incomplete
E, G, B, E (C major seventh - first inversion) incomplete
Imaj7, IVmaj7, V7, Imaj7 progression.
Sometimes the 5th or 3rd (or root) of a chord is omitted often called "incomplete".
Imaj7, V7, ii7, IVmaj7 progression.
E, G, C, E (C major - first inversion)
F, A, C, E (F major seventh)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - fourth inversion)
G, C, E, B (C major seventh - second inversion)
Imaj7, IVmaj7, V7, Imaj7 progression.
C, G, B, E (C major seventh)
D, G, B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - fourth inversion)
G, C, E, B (C major - second inversion)
Imaj7, V7, Imaj7, V7, Imaj7 progression.
E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - fourth inversion)
G, C, E, A (A minor seventh - fourth inversion)
A, E, F, C (F major seventh - first inversion)
Imaj7, V7, vi7, IVmaj7, progression.
F, A, C. E (F major seventh)
A, E, G, C (A minor seventh)
A, F, C, D, (D minor seventh - second inversion)
D, G. B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
IVmaj7, vi7, ii7, V7, Imaj7 progression.
C, E, G, B (C major seventh)
C, F, A, E (F major seventh - second inversion)
D, A, C, F (D minor seventh)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - fourth inversion)
G, D, E, B (E minor seventh - first inversion)
G, E, A, C (A minor seventh - fourth inversion)
A, F, C, E (F major seventh - first inversion)
C, B, E, G (C major seventh)
Imaj7, IVmaj7, ii7, V7, iii7, vi7, IVmaj7, Imaj7 progression.
C, G, B, E (C major seventh)
E, G, C, A (A minor seventh - second inversion)
F, C, D, A (D minor seventh - first inversion)
A, D, F, B (B minor seventh flat fifth - fourth inversion)
B, E, G, D (E minor seventh - second inversion)
C, G, B, E (C major seventh)
F, A, C, E (F major seventh)
A, C, D, F (D minor seventh - second inversion)
B, D, F, G (G dominant seventh - first inversion)
C, E, G, B (C major seventh)
Imaj7, vi7, ii7, vii7b5, iii7, Imaj7, IVmaj7, iim7, V7, Imaj7 progression.
Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.
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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music
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