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IntodayslessonIllbeshowingyouhowtoplaythemajor251chordprogression.
The251chordprogressionremainsoneofthemostcommonlyusedchordprogressionsespeciallyingospelandjazzmusic,andthisisbecauseitisastrongroot
progression.
Itsimportanttolearnthe251chordprogressionbecausemostofthetime,itsusedeithertoendsongsortoconnecttwoormoresectionsinasongthatswhyI
considereditnecessarytoshowyouhowitcanbeplayedusingmutualintervals.
Attention:Dontworryifyourenotsurewhatmutualintervalsare,justkeepreading,Illexplain.

ABreakdownOfTheClassic251ChordProgression
Thereareeightdegreesineverykey(whethermajororminor.)InthekeyofCmajor:

Cisthefirst
Disthesecond
Eisthethird

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Fisthefourth
Gisthefifth
Aisthesixth
Bistheseventh
Cistheeighth
Themovementofchordsfromonedegreeofthescaletoanotherproducesachordprogression.Forexample,theCmajortriad:

(whichisthefirstscaledegreechordinthekey)canprogresstoanyotherscaledegreechord,liketheDminortriad(whichischord2):

theEminortriad(whichischord3):

andsoon.

TheClassicMajor251ChordProgressionExplained
The251chordprogressionisachordmovementinagivenkeyfromchord2,tochord5,thentochord1.InthekeyofCmajor:

a251chordprogressionisachordmovementfromchord2(theDminortriad):
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tochord5(theGdominantseventhchord):

tochord1(theCmajortriad):

The251ChordProgressionUsingSeventhChords
The251chordprogressioncanbeenhancedusingthefollowingseventhchord:
TheDminorseventhchord:

TheGdominantseventhchord:

TheCmajorseventhchord:

Inanutshell,thechordprogressioniscalledamajor251chordprogressionbecauseitsplayedinthemajorkey.

ChordBreakdownIntoMutualIntervals
Beforeweexplorehowthemajor251chordprogressioncanbeplayedusingmutualintervals,itsimportantforustoexploretheconceptofmutualintervals.
Intheprevioussegment,weplayedthemajor251chordprogressionusingseventhchords.
Theseseventhchordscanbebrokendownintointervalsthatarecomplementarytoeachotheralsoknownasmutualintervals.

ABreakdownOfTheDMinorSeventhChordIntoMutualIntervals
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TheDminorseventhchord:

canbebrokendownintofifthintervals:
DA:

aperfectfifthinterval.
FC:

anotherperfectfifthinterval.
AbreakdownoftheDminorseventhchordasmutualintervalscanhelpinitsrearrangement(akavoicing.)Playingthemutualintervalsintwoconsecutiveoctaves,
producesavoicingoftheDminorseventhchord:

HoldOn!TheresMore
Themutualintervalscanalsobeinverted.TheintervalDA:

canbeinvertedandplayedasAD:

whiletheintervalFC:

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canbeinvertedandplayedasCF:

Inanutshell,therearetwowaysofplayingtheDminorseventhchordusingmutualintervalsusingfifthintervals:

andusingfourthintervals:

ABreakdownOfTheGDominantSeventhChordIntoMutualIntervals
TheGdominantseventhchord:

canalsobebrokendownintofifthintervals:
GD:

aperfectfifthinterval.

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BF:

adiminishedfifthinterval.
PlayingthesefifthintervalsintwoconsecutiveoctavesproducesavoicingoftheGdominantseventhchord:

LetsInvertTheMutualIntervals
ItspossibletoplaytheGdominantseventhchordbyinvertingitsmutualintervals.TheintervalGD:

canbeinvertedandplayedasDG:

whiletheintervalBF:

canbeinvertedandplayedasFB:

Altogether,youvejustlearnedtwowaysofplayingtheGdominantseventhchordusingfifthintervals:

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andusingfourthintervals:

ABreakdownOfTheCMajorSeventhChordIntoMutualIntervals
AbreakdownoftheCmajorseventhchord:

intofifthintervalsproducestwomutualintervals:
CG:

aperfectfifthinterval.
EB:

anotherperfectfifthinterval.
Usingthemutualintervalsderived,wecanrearrangetheCmajorseventhchordbyplayingthemutualintervalsintwoconsecutiveoctaves.CG:

inoneoctaveandEB:

inthenextoctavetoproduceavoicingoftheCmajorseventhchord:

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InAdditionToThat
Themutualintervalscanalsobeinverted.TheintervalCG:

canbeinvertedandplayedasGC:

whiletheintervalEB:

canbeinvertedandplayedasBE:

Inanutshell,wejustlearnedtwocreativevoicingsoftheDminorseventhchordusingfifthintervals:

andfourthintervals:

Letsgoaheadandapplythesevoicingsinamajor251chordprogression.

TheMajor251ChordProgressionUsingMutualIntervals
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Inthissegment,wellbeputtingthechordbreakdownwedidtogetherinamajor251chordprogression.
InthekeyofCmajor:

amajor251rootprogressionmovesfromD:

toG:

thentoC:

Usingthevoicingswederivedintheprevioussegment,herearetwomajor251chordprogressions

Excerpt#1
Chord2:

usingfifthintervals.
Chord5:

usingfifthintervals.

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Chord1:

usingfifthintervals.

Excerpt#2
Chord2:

usingfifthintervals.
Chord5:

usingfifthintervals.
Chord1:

usingfifthintervals.

FinalWords
Itsnolongerasecretthatwithjusttwonotesineachhand(playingmutualintervals),onecanplaythemajor251chordprogression.
Goaheadandpracticetheconceptlearnedinalltwelvekeysandgetreadybecausewellgofurtherinourdiscussionbyexploringminor251chordprogressionsand
cyclicalchordprogressionsinsubsequentposts.
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