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creating chord progressions

Developing your harmonic sense

This information is intended to provide guidelines to begin creating progressions; however, it is ultimately the development of your own understanding of each chord’s unique sound that enables you to create progressions which reflect the ideas you have in mind. Diatonic chords provide a solid foundation for progressions; once you feel confident using them, you can incorporate new, non-diatonic chords into the structures you know.

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