{"id":535,"date":"2008-10-30T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/the-secret-to-using-circular-chord-progressions-in-ballads"},"modified":"2024-12-25T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T03:07:25","slug":"the-secret-to-using-circular-chord-progressions-in-ballads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/the-secret-to-using-circular-chord-progressions-in-ballads\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret to using circular chord progressions in ballads&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of days, we&#8217;ve been talking about slow ballads. If you&#8217;re just now tuning in, I recommend you check out both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/how-to-play-pretty-ballads-with-just-two-chords\">Tuesday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/how-to-use-my-secret-9-trick-to-add-flavor-to-your-chord-progressions\">Wednesday&#8217;s<\/a> lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m going to show you how to take it even further! Right now, you know how to play a very popular ballad movement from the past two lessons &#8212; and the best part is that you&#8217;ve only used TWO chords!<\/p>\n<p>So, how do we venture outside of these two chords? I&#8217;m glad you asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The key is understanding <strong>&#8220;circular&#8221; movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img src='https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/circleoffifthsbig.jpg' alt='circleoffifthsbig.jpg' \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I always talk about this so I won&#8217;t go into detail but here&#8217;s the main idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Learn this circle going counter-clockwise and you&#8217;ll never have a problem adding interesting movements to your <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chord progression<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> again!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start from where we left off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/how-to-use-my-secret-9-trick-to-add-flavor-to-your-chord-progressions\">yesterday<\/a> with these chords:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Set 1]<br \/>\n1-chord = C major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>C<\/strong><br \/>\n5-chord = G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Set 2]<br \/>\n1-chord = C major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>A<\/strong><br \/>\n5-chord = G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>G<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Set 3]<br \/>\n1-chord = C major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>F<\/strong><br \/>\n5-chord = G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Set 4]<br \/>\n1-chord = C major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\n5-chord = G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>G<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Right now, we&#8217;re just moving in a stepwise motion downward.<\/p>\n<p>But I want things to be more interesting so let&#8217;s add some <em>circular<\/em> movements to the mix. That is, I want to start taking advantage of the strong pulls certain chords have towards others. The <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circle of fifths<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> above gives you all the strong pulls (I prefer going counter-clockwise because that&#8217;s how most music works). In other words, the pull between C and F is huge! Same with F and Bb &#8212; heck, combine them together (C >>> F >>> Bb) and you get one of the most popular chord progressions there is!<\/p>\n<p>The good news is you have many options. I want to focus on one of them.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s what you call a <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6-2-5-1 turnaround<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let the numbers scare you! They come straight from the scale. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>C major<br \/>\nC D E F G A B C<br \/>\n1 2 3 4 5  6 7\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is the 6th tone of C major?<br \/>\nAnswer: A<\/p>\n<p>What is the 2nd tone of C major?<br \/>\nAnswer: D<\/p>\n<p>What is the 5th tone of C major?<br \/>\nAnswer: G<\/p>\n<p>What is a the 1st tone of C major?<br \/>\nAnswer: Duh, C!<\/p>\n<p>So what is a &#8220;6-2-5-1&#8221; chord progression?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: A >>> D >>> G >>> C<\/p>\n<p>Note: Of course, each of those tones will get a chord but I just wanted you to get the concept. Whenever you see numbers like &#8220;2-5-1&#8221; or &#8220;6-2-5-1&#8221; or &#8220;3-6-2-5-1&#8221; or &#8220;1-4,&#8221; usually they&#8217;re just referring to chord progressions built on certain tones of the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scale<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>. Simple!<\/p>\n<p>If you also take a good look at this &#8220;6-2-5-1 turnaround,&#8221; you&#8217;ll notice that it is &#8220;circular&#8221; in the sense that these notes are neighbors on the chart. Scroll above and look at the chart again. Where&#8217;s &#8220;A&#8221; &#8212; then &#8220;D&#8221; &#8212; then &#8220;G&#8221; &#8212; then &#8220;C?&#8221; <em>Right next to each other!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s what I want to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I want to replace some chords in my ballad so that I can use this 6-2-5-1 progression to take me to that chord on &#8220;F.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why F?<\/p>\n<p>Because that is the chord most likely to come after C. After all, if you keep going on the circle, you&#8217;ll see A, then D, then G, then C &#8212; <em>then F. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>So this &#8220;6-2-5-1&#8221; should lead us to our 4th tone (or F in this case) brilliantly!<\/p>\n<p>Here it is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;6&#8221; chord = A minor 7 (<em>G<\/em> + C + E) *** Bass: A<br \/>\n&#8220;2&#8221; chord = D9 (<em>F#<\/em> + C  + E) *** Bass: D<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;5&#8221; chord = G minor 7 (<em>F<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: G<br \/>\n&#8220;1&#8221; chord = C9 (<em>E<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: C<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See what I see? Basically the &#8220;2&#8221; chord is almost identical to the chord before it. You just lower your thumb and change your bass!<\/p>\n<p>Same goes for the &#8220;1&#8221; chord. It&#8217;s just like the &#8220;5&#8221; chord except for the lowered thumb and new bass note!<\/p>\n<p>This will take you perfectly to an F major chord:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;6&#8221; chord = A minor 7 (<em>G<\/em> + C + E) *** Bass: A<br \/>\n&#8220;2&#8221; chord = D9 (<em>F#<\/em> + C  + E) *** Bass: D<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;5&#8221; chord = G minor 7 (<em>F<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: G<br \/>\n&#8220;1&#8221; chord = C9 (<em>E<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: C<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;4&#8221; chord = F major (F + A + C) *** Bass: F\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some things you must keep in mind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We aren&#8217;t deviating from the original chord progression. We&#8217;ve just added a few chords, that&#8217;s all. In fact, the &#8220;A,&#8221; &#8220;G,&#8221; and &#8220;F&#8221; chords still fall where they would normally  be played in the original progression. <em>We&#8217;ve just added some other little chords in between them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One thing you have to do, however, is speed up the chords because now you have double the chords to play in the <em>same amount of time<\/em>. So you have to play them double the speed.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get used to it, you&#8217;ll be fine!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the progression altogether:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nC major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>C<\/strong><br \/>\nG major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A minor 7 (<em>G<\/em> + C + E) *** Bass: A<br \/>\nD9 (<em>F#<\/em> + C  + E) *** Bass: D<\/p>\n<p>G minor 7 (<em>F<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: G<br \/>\nC9 (<em>E<\/em> + Bb + D) *** Bass: C<\/p>\n<p>F major (F + A + C) *** Bass: F<\/p>\n<p>G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C major (add 9) <strong>(C + D + E + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>G major (add 9) <strong>(A + B + D + G)<\/strong> *** Bass: <strong>G<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><br \/>\n(Yes, I know when you play a different <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bass note<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> under a C or G major chord, it changes the total name of the chord. I&#8217;ve been using &#8220;C major&#8221; and &#8220;G major&#8221;  for the last few posts to emphasize that all it takes is TWO chords to play a full ballad. So for now, we will refer to them as C major over whatever bass note we&#8217;re playing. Let&#8217;s keep it simple for now.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*There&#8217;s some more changes I&#8217;d make to the original &#8220;C&#8221; and &#8220;G&#8221; chords but you&#8217;ll have to wait til&#8217; tomorrow to get those! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Until next time &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/circleoffifths-small.jpg' class='videopic' alt='circle of fifths small' \/>For the past couple of days, we&#8217;ve been talking about slow ballads. If you&#8217;re just now tuning in, I recommend you check out both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/how-to-play-pretty-ballads-with-just-two-chords\">Tuesday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/how-to-use-my-secret-9-trick-to-add-flavor-to-your-chord-progressions\">Wednesday&#8217;s<\/a> lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m going to show you how to take it even further! Right now, you know how to play a very popular ballad movement from the past two lessons &#8212; and the best part is that you&#8217;ve only used TWO chords!<\/p>\n<p>So, how do we venture outside of these two chords? 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