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All secondary dominants are merely diatonic chords with nondiatonic inflections. Secondary dominants in most instances proceed in the same manner as their diatonic counterparts. With few exceptions secondary dominants are partwritten the same as they would have been without accidentals. Secondary dominants came into being to strengthen the descending P5th progression. Occasionally a secondary dominant does not progress to its tonicized chord just as in diatonic music the dominant chord does not always progress to tonic.
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The progression of four basic chords that was used in many popular songs of the 1950s and 1960s is referred to as what chord progression?
The chords are C Am F G in that order. It's called the 50's progression by proffesionals, I am unsure of the actual progression term.
Lady Gaga's song Poker Face sounds like?
If you are referring to the word's Poker Face, it sounds like Poke her face. The same question has been bugging me for a while. I think you refer to the chorus and its chord progression. I think the problem is that this is a quite widely used chord progression. The chorus to me sounds very similar to Zombie by The Cranberries and also Africa by Toto.
What is rhythm changes?
The chord progression from George Gershwin's " I Got Rhythm". These were used by many be-bop jazz players to create MANY other, different songs. Good question!
What is the definition of chord progression?
A chord progression is sequence of chords that describe or give an outline of the changes in harmony during a piece of music. In tonal music, which is based on a musical key, the chord progression moves the harmony away from the tonal center to create tension and moves it toward the tonal center to create resolution.In tonal music, chords can be built on each degree of the scale. For example, in the key of C major, the triads (three-note chords) on each degree of the scale are: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim. In the key of D major, the scale-tone chords are: D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, C#dim. The pattern of chord types (major, minor, minor, major, ...) is the same in every major key. The tonal center is the harmony built on the tonic note of the key.For more elaborate harmony, four-note chords can be constructed on each degree of the scale in the same way. For example, in the key of C major, the seventh chords are: Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7, Bø (that's "half-diminished"). The same idea can be extended to five-note and even six-note chords.The function of a chord depends on its position relative to the tonic of the key. Chord progressions follow a variety of patterns in which the harmony moves from one chord function to another. Since the pattern of chord types is the same in every major key, the patterns that chord progressions follow are similar in every key.As a result, musicians find it convenient to remember chord progressions in terms of the chord positions relative to the tonic of the key, rather than the actual chord names. Customarily, Roman numerals are used to represent the relative chord positions. For example, in the key of C major,I = Cmaj7ii = Dm7iii = Em7IV = Fmaj7V = G7vi = Am7vii = BøSo, a very common chord progression can be written as "vi-ii-V-I". That chord progression can be played in any key. In the key of C major, it would be "Am7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7". In the key of D major, it would be "Bm7 Em7 A7 Dmaj7". The chord progression produces the same recognizable movement of the harmony, regardless of the key. If you memorize the chord progression, rather than the chord names, you can play the same tune in any key you wish.As you learn to play different songs, you will notice that there are some chord progression patterns that occur frequently. By learning which chord changes lead away from the tonal center (create tension) and which ones lead toward the tonal center (create resolution), you will discover how to create your own chord progressions, in any key.Of course, there's a lot more to it than that. There are various altered chord qualities that can be applied to the different chord types to make the harmony more interesting. There are the chords that are not built on the scale tones, which allow you to take the harmony even farther away from the tonal center. You can also borrow fragments of chord progressions from other keys, to modulate away from the key in which you started, entirely. That gets interesting, because you might not be able to come back by the same route that you left!
How are chords numbered?
Chords are numbered according to their position in the key. Customarily, Roman numerals are used to represent the relative chord positions. For example, in the key of C major, the four-note scale-tone chords are:I = Cmaj7ii = Dm7iii = Em7IV = Fmaj7V = G7vi = Am7vii = Bø (that's "B half-diminished")Since the pattern of chord types is the same in every major key, if you know a chord progression in terms of its relative positions, you can play the progression in any key you wish.
