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secondary chords

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

by Jermaine Griggs · 13 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Piano

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.

The Secret To Primary And Secondary Chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 22 comments

in Chords & Progressions

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.

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

by Jermaine Griggs · 7 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Theory

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…