In this first step, we lay out the basics of understanding chord progressions which is to always translate a songs chords to Roman numerals!
Playlist - Chord Progression
In this step we get controversial as I don't agree with what everyone else is saying. I don't change the name of the Roman numerals if we're in minor!
Let's look at the second pillar of music theory, the Blues. This will contradict everything the Roman numerals taught us. Popular music is this contradiction!
In this step we look at more contradictions. All those Roman numerals that were major, can be minor, I call these the m chords!
In this step, we discover the wonderful world of the X chords. These are a consequence of when the minor chords have become major!
In this step, we discover the tension that comes with the b chords!
In this step, you'll discover how instead of playing complicated altered chords, you can instead tritone substitute!
Here we look at three song examples so you can understand different levels of modal interchange and get ready to spot it when it appears in other tunes!