• How To Play A Spicier 1-6-2-5 Chord Progression With Primary Chords

    In today’s lesson, you’ll find out how you can use primary chords (of the first, fourth, and fifth degrees) to play the classic 1-6-2-5 chord progression.

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    Keyboard Harmony 102 : Taking Your Chordal Vocabulary Beyond Primary Chords

    We’ll be going beyond primary chords in this lesson to learn spicy dominant chords we can connect them with in this lesson.

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    Keyboard Harmony 101: The Fundamental Precepts Of Harmony

    In today’s lesson, we’ll be looking at the fundamental precepts of keyboard harmony that can help you to harmonize the major scale.

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    An Exposition On The Primary Chords In The Key

    In this post, we’ll be learning the ins and outs of primary chords and their tonal functions.

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    Third Day Of Christmas: Three Primary Chords

    In this lesson, we’ll use the three primary chords to harmonize melodies – starting with the entire major scale.

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    Using the Circle of Fifths To Learn Your Primary Chords

    Every key has primary chords and secondary chords. In fact, without even knowing they are called “primary chords,” you’ve probably realized certain chords appear in certain keys more than others. Yup, those chords are the ones built off the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale. Consider the C major scale: If you numbered […]

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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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