• The 50-50 Approach To Learning Chords In The Major Key

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    Learning chords in the major key can be challenging if you don’t know the 50-50 approach we’re covering in this lesson.

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    Who Else Wants To Know Three Top Reasons Why Secondary Triads Are Important?

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    If you’re interested in knowing why secondary triads are important, this lesson is for you.

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    The Structural Differences And Functional Similarities Between Primary And Secondary Chords In The Major Key

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    In today’s lesson, you’ll be learning the differences and similarities between primary and secondary chords in the major key.

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    How to take advantage of the power and versatility of primary chords

    The idea of “primary chords” is not new around here. I talked about them in this past lesson, over here, and even here.

    But today, I want to talk about just how powerful primary chords are.

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    The Secret To Primary And Secondary Chords

    After last week’s e-mail, I received the most replies ever.
    Here’s another one I think will really help you (VERY IMPORTANT
    STRATEGIES BELOW).It’s from a gentleman named Mark.

    ***Comment From Mark H.***

    Hi Jermaine,

    Last week’s e-mail was totally awesome! This number system
    stuff is quite new to me but you’ve totally made it plain. You
    certainly have a knack for breaking stuff down and I want to
    thank you for taking the time to do this.

    On one of your blog posts, you talked about primary and
    secondary chords. You also talked about how each tone of the
    scale has its own chord that is usually played.

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    Who else wants to know the secret behind primary and secondary chords?

    I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails about primary and secondary chords so I wanted to take this time to explain them.

    Every key has what we call “primary” chords and “secondary” chords. You may already know the primary chords…

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