Chapter 10:Chord Progressions
The Least You Need to Know
◆Every note of the scale has an associated chord, notated by a Roman
numeral (uppercase for major; lowercase for minor).
◆Chord progressions naturally lead back to the tonic, or I, chord of the
underlying scale.
◆Every chord naturally leads to at least one other chord; for example, the V
chord naturally leads to the I.
◆The final chords in a progression--the ones that ultimately lead back to
I—are called a cadence.
◆The most common chord progressions include I-IV, I-V, I-IV-V, I-IV-V-
IV, I-V-vi-IV, I-ii-IV-V, I-ii-IV, I-vi-ii-V, I-vi-IV-V, I-vi-ii-V7-ii, IV-I-IV-
V, and ii-V-I.Exercises
Exercise 10-1
Write the following chords in the key of F.
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Exercise 10-2
Write the following chords in the key of D.
Exercise 10-3
Write the following chords in the key of E.
Exercise 10-4
Write the chords that lead from the following chords, in the key of C.