Is this a Perfect 5th or a Perfect 4th?
I decided to produce this little addendum to my recent Circle of Fifths video after I got a great deal of comments about whether these chord changes are 4ths or 5ths. You can see the original video here: Additional info on the "Circle of Fifths chord development":. And, an additional special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel's…
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Songs that use Line Cliché chord progressions
Check out Phil Buckle's music: and register for his YouTube channel:. Here's my "Augmented climb chord progression" video:. A Line Cliché is a type of chord development where we have a chord where either the highest or lowest voice is climbing or coming down by semitones whilst the rest of the chord is fixed. It is an extremely common strategy in jazz music but has also been used extensively in pop and rock music…
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40 songs that use Descending Stepwise chord progressions
Thanks to Hooktheory for sponsoring this video. Use this link to get 20% off your first year of Chord Crush. A descending step-by-step chord progression is any chord progression that works its way down the scale, one step at a time. The chords will be voiced in such a way to allow the bass line to simply walk down the scale. And, an additional special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang,…
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