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Common Chord Progressions: Problems, Part 4—Too Many Unorganized Progressions

How does this one get lost (Figure 120)?

  • An eight-chord progression that uses all seven harmonic degrees ... pretty ambitious ... too ambitious
  • Lots of fifths-up progressions, including tonic-to-dominant progressions on both major and minor sides—but no dominant-to-tonic
  • Tonality must be out there somewhere, but not in this progression
Chord progression Chase chart of a weak chord progression, Example 3.

FIGURE 120: Chord Map of a Weak Chord Progression: Example 3

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