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Page 52 I VImaj IV V: C A F G I VI IV IIImaj: C Am F E 'Don't Dream It's Over' v. I VI IImaj IV: C Am D F 'Five Years' v. Group ...

I bVI bVII IV: C Ab Bb F 'Violet' ch I bVII bIII IV: C Bb Eb F 'Pinball Wizard' ch, 'Crush With Eyeliner' ch. 'I'll Stick Around ...

Page 53 I bVII IV V: C Bb F G This is a popular sequence with a strong circularity. 'Champagne Supernova' ch (with IV as iIV). A ...

I IV VII Vmaj: Am Dm G E 'Talk Of The Town' v, 'Fame' ch. I Vmaj IVmaj VI: Am E D F 'Sale Of The Century' (Sleeper) v. I V VII I ...

Page 54 I VI III VII: Am F C G 'The Passenger', alternates with I VI III Vmaj (Am F C E). I VI IV VII: Am F Dm G 'Expresso Love' ...

Page 55 I IV bIII bVI: C F Eb Ab 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' – an ambiguous, harmonically dislocated sequence. It could also be de ...

Page 56 Section 4— Developing Sequences ABBREVIATIONSRoman numerals I VII indicate chordrelationships within a key. m maj minorm ...

The type of chord, i.e., whether II in a sequence is a minor 7,6,9, etc. Displacement The classic turnaround starts on I and o ...

Page 5 way the chorus of 'Knowing Me Knowing You' starts on V and no sooner lands on I ("do") than it moves off to IV and then V ...

Page 58 chord for several more beats or an extra bar. Second, repeat a change within the turnaround several times before you pro ...

Page 59 Stretching by Division Another way of putting turnarounds to different use is to split them in half and assign the first ...

Page 60 I VI III II V C Am Em Dm G 'Across The Universe' I VI III IV V C Am Em F G 'Going For The One' c I VI IV I V C Am F C G ...

Page 61 change at differing rates. Change halfway through a bar or after one-and-a-half bars, or write a sequence where you're c ...

Page 62 What qualifies as an "unusual" chord change? In simple terms, we're talking about chords that don't belong together in t ...

Page 63 Altered harmony The correct sequence of sevenths for a major key is Imaj7 IIm7 IIIm7 IVmaj7 V7 and VIm7 (in C major: Cma ...

Page 64 Section 5— Song Structures ABBREVIATIONSRoman numerals I VII indicate chordrelationships within a key. m maj minormajor ...

Page 65 verse. You might have some kind of instrumental theme or motif, possibly part of the chorus melody. This means that the ...

Page 66 Next To You? How about Little Richard's immortal rock 'n' roll war-cry 'Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom!' at the start of 'Tut ...

The Verse The verse is lyrically where you lay out the situation and establish the song's style. Verses are anything from about ...

Page 68 couple of bars early or late, either of which can be exciting. Another nice technique is to take out a bar to make a sec ...