{"id":15404,"date":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=15404"},"modified":"2024-10-07T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T23:07:32","slug":"top-players-apply-the-2-5-1-chord-progression-in-the-major-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/top-players-apply-the-2-5-1-chord-progression-in-the-major-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s How The Top Players Apply The 2-5-1 Chord Progression In The Major Key"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s lesson, we’ll be looking at the diverse applications of the major 2-5-1 chord progression in the major key.<\/p>\n

It’s no longer news that the 2-5 1 chord progression is one of the most important chord progressions in prominent popular music styles like gospel and jazz.<\/p>\n

Although a vast majority of musicians are conversant with this progression, only the top players (and a privileged few) have maximized its use in the major key, and that’s what inspired me to put this post together.<\/p>\n

At the end of this lesson, you’ll have an out-the-box <\/em>perspective to the 2-5-1 chord progression that will have a revolutionary effect on your playing.<\/p>\n

A Short Note On The Major Key<\/h2>\n

The major key is one of the two known musical keys – the other one being the minor key.<\/p>\n

A key is the product of a relationship between eight tones whose goal is to establish one tone as the key center. The easiest key to think about on the keyboard is the key of C major, which is formed by the relationship between all the white notes on the keyboard from C to C:
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\n…geared towards establishing the first tone (C):
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\n…as the key center.<\/p>\n

In previous lessons, we resolved the misconceptions of the terms note and key<\/a>, and also learned the eight components of a key<\/a>, which are:<\/p>\n