There’s Even More to Playing the Piano


Chapter 4 - Chord Progressions

Movement from one chord to another is known as a chord progression. To fully understand the progression of one chord to another, you must be aware of the harmonic relationship of the two chords and the principles of voice-leading or part-writing. This example shows chord I and chord vi in the key of F. Chord vi is the relative minor of chord I. This is the harmonic relationship between the two chords (see Book 1, Chapter 14). Each note has moved as little as possible in order...

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