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Offline done84

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Chord Progression musicly incorrect?
on: December 03, 2010, 01:03:59 AM
Hello all. I have this chord progression that a need a little help with, i dont know the scale or mode i was wondering if someone could help me out it should be very simple.

It goes:

C G B E - B F# A D - A# F A D

Is this Cmaj7, Bmaj7, A#maj7 ? what escale does this fit in?

Here is a pic of how i play it


I also attached an mp3, if someone could help i be very apreciated.

Offline jugular

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Re: Chord Progression musicly incorrect?
Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 05:40:41 AM
You have the quality of the chords wrong, it's actually a C maj7 - B min7 - Bb maj7.

It's disputable as to what scale you would use to identify this progression. Using a major 7th chord creates a feeling of amiguity in the listener, and it's not until later in the progression when you use more stable chords that you can get a feeling of a home key. Nevertheless, I'd argue that this is simply in the scale of C Major, making the roman numeral chord progression    I maj7 - vi/ii - IV maj7/IV.

Offline keyboardclass

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Re: Chord Progression musicly incorrect?
Reply #2 on: December 03, 2010, 06:49:49 AM
You won't like this but I hear V-I in Em followed by V-I in Am (with the last chord missing) but then context is everything.

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Re: Chord Progression musicly incorrect?
Reply #3 on: December 03, 2010, 04:40:06 PM
So.. In this small chord progression there is a key change right?

Offline keyboardclass

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Re: Chord Progression musicly incorrect?
Reply #4 on: December 03, 2010, 05:38:19 PM
Not technically.
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