CHAPTER11

The Logic of Chord Progressions

In This Chapter

  • The difference between key signatures and keys
  • How chord progressions define keys
  • Typical chord progressions
  • Understanding modulations
  • Using the Circle of Fifths

At this point you know a lot about chords. You’ve learned how to construct basic chords from the intervals of the Major Scale. You’ve discovered how to make all sorts of different types of chords from minors to sevenths to thirteenths. And, with the use of barre chords, you can even find most chords anywhere on the fretboard of your guitar.

The next step is to start applying your knowledge of chords in a practical way, playing ...

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