Chord Association (part 2)
Jun 8th, 2008 by admin
Let’s recap the chords in ‘Chord Association (part 1)’ post:
· Chord IIIm usually leads to Chord VIm
· Chord VIm usually leads to Chord IIm
· Chord IIm usually leads to Chord V
· Chord V usually leads to Chord I
· Chord I usually leads to Chord IV
The following are often associated with one another in the same way (You will see from here the reason to be familiar with II, III, and VI major chords):
· Chord III usually leads to Chord VIm
· Chord VI usually leads to Chord IIm
· Chord II usually leads to Chord V
In the key of C, that means:
· E usually leads to Am (i.e., E –> Am)
· A usually leads to Dm (i.e., A –> Dm)
· D usually leads to G (i.e., D –> G)
Before I proceed with video illustration of these associations, let’s revisit Suspension (Sus4).
[...] if necessary. Now, Sus4 is often applied to the II, III and VI major chords, particularly in the ‘Chord Association’ context. Let’s use the following notation for the Sus4 of these 3 [...]
I really like your website…it’s very helpful. I’m just using Windows IE to view but I see a lot of code on the pages like : · D usually leads to G (i.e., D –> G).
It makes it very hard to read your posts. Is there a different way I should be viewing your sight ?
Thanks again for the great site !
- BOB -
Yes, I noticed that problem too… but it seems to be confined to IE only. If you have a different type of browser ,e.g., Firefox, you should be able to read without those annoying codes.
Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it!
Les
[...] the IIIm7 –> VIm7 transition is one of the familiar chord-pair mentioned in my earlier “Chord Association (part 2)” [...]