{"id":1304,"date":"2011-02-16T07:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2024-12-25T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T00:21:24","slug":"ask-jermaine-2-5-1-of-the-4-what-does-that-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/ask-jermaine-2-5-1-of-the-4-what-does-that-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Jermaine: &#8220;2-5-1 Of The 4&#8230; What Does That Mean?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back with another <em>&#8220;Ask Jermaine&#8221;<\/em> session &#8212; this time, focusing on the phrase, <em>&#8220;2-5-1 Of The 4.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This question comes from Bill in San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jermaine, I&#8217;ve heard you and others talk about how important <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2-5-1 progressions<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> are and I understand all this. What I don&#8217;t get is when you say the <em>2-5-1 of the 4<\/em> or the <em>2-5-1 of the 6.<\/em> What does this all mean?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>My Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First off, great question Bill!<\/p>\n<p>In music, even though you&#8217;re in one particular key (or as I always say, one planet or galaxy), you can borrow things from other places.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you live in the USA like me, it doesn&#8217;t stop us from importing goods from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chord progressions<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> in your current key that would be typical in another key is very common&#8230; and helps to spice up your music.<\/p>\n<p>If you only used the same diatonic chords of a key every time, things would get boring pretty fast. Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8230; millions upon millions of songs use the typical diatonic chords (that is &#8212; major on 1, minor on 2, minor on 3, major on 4, dominant on 5, minor on 6, diminished or half-dim7 on 7). And with all the inversions and potential voicings available to you, these 7 chords can be turned into a lot!<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s explore the 2-5-1 in general. Then, we&#8217;ll turn to the &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4&#8221; and once you get that concept, you&#8217;ll get them all (i.e. &#8220;2-5-1 of 6&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;2-5-1 of 3&#8221; etc).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a beginner, you must understand the numbers come from the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major scale<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>A 2-5-1 chord progression is no more than a chord off the 2nd tone of the scale moving to a chord off the 5&#8230; finally coming home to a chord on the 1.<\/p>\n<p>In C major:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>C is 1<br \/>\nD is 2<br \/>\nE is 3<br \/>\nF is 4<br \/>\nG is 5<br \/>\nA is 6<br \/>\nB is 7<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So this would be some type of D chord going to some type of G chord&#8230; then coming home to some type of C chord.<\/p>\n<p>Above, we covered diatonic chords briefly. Those are the chords that are most likely to occur on each tone of the scale.<\/p>\n<p>So the D would most likely be D minor or D minor 7 because the 2nd tone of the scale naturally creates a minor chord.<\/p>\n<p>The G would either be a G major or  G dominant 7.<\/p>\n<p>And the C &#8212; it would be a C major or C major 7.<\/p>\n<p>D minor 7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=D,F,A,C&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>G dominant 7 (a.k.a. &#8211; G7)<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=G,B,D,F&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>C major 7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,E,G,B&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>This holds true in all keys.<\/p>\n<p>If we wanted to take this to the key of F, we answer these questions:<\/p>\n<p>1) What is the 2 in F? What is the 5? What is the 1?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The 2nd tone of F major is G, the 5th is C, and the 1 is F.<\/p>\n<p>2) What diatonic chords occur on the 2, 5, and 1?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The same diatonic chords that occur on any 2, 5, or 1. The key doesn&#8217;t matter. The 2nd diatonic chord of any scale will be minor or minor7. The 5th will be major or dominant 7 and the 1 will be major or major7.<\/p>\n<p>So, in F major:<\/p>\n<p>G minor 7   >>>   C7   >>>  F major 7<\/p>\n<p>G minor7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=G,Bb,D,F&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>C7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,E,G,Bb&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>F major 7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=F,A,C,E&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re in C major and someone says <em>&#8220;play the 2-5-1 of the 4,&#8221; <\/em>they literally mean:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Even though you&#8217;re in C major, think as if you were in F major because F is the 4th of C. What would be a 2-5-1 in the key of F major? Simply bring that chord progression to the key of C.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your song may start on C major 7 and since we know 2-5-1 progressions are very strong, we&#8217;d insert a &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4&#8221; to give us a strong connection to the 4.<\/p>\n<p>So the progression would be: <em>C major 7 &#8211; G minor 7 &#8211; C7 &#8211; F major 7<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You hear this all the time too! It&#8217;s simply a C major 7, followed by a &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>F is the 4th tone of C&#8230; so &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4&#8221; literally means &#8220;2-5-1 of F.&#8221; We&#8217;re bringing a 2-5-1 from F major into C major (and you know it&#8217;s not a chord progression native of C major because the G would never be minor&#8230; it would always be major or dominant so that&#8217;s an obvious giveaway that we&#8217;ve borrowed this progression.)<\/p>\n<p>C major 7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,E,G,B&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>G minor7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=G,Bb,D,F&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>C7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,E,G,Bb&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>F major 7<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=F,A,C,E&#038;color=99FFFF&#038;size=2' border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>So whenever someone says &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4,&#8221; you&#8217;ll never be confused again!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m out of time but maybe next time I can cover the &#8220;2-5-1 of the 6.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same concept except the 6 is minor&#8230; so you&#8217;re borrowing a &#8220;2-5-1&#8221; from a minor key. Just check out this lesson I did on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/heres-a-method-thats-helping-beginners-play-in-minor-keys-overnight\">diatonic chords of minor keys<\/a>. Then figure out the 2, the 5, and the 1 of &#8220;A minor.&#8221; Once you&#8217;ve gotten that, bring those chords into C major and you&#8217;ve got yourself a &#8220;2-5-1 of the 6.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There you have it, the &#8220;2-5-1 of the 4&#8221; concept demystified!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/phpLFV6neAM.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"phpLFV6neAM\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1313\" \/>We&#8217;re back with another <em>&#8220;Ask Jermaine&#8221;<\/em> session &#8212; this time, focusing on the phrase, &#8220;2-5-1 Of The 4.&#8221; This question comes from Bill in San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jermaine, I&#8217;ve heard you and others talk about how important 2-5-1 progressions are and I understand all this. 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