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Cadence

Okay, now that you know a little bit more about chords and scales and how they fit together, lets look at some
progressions. Now as you can see from the major chord progressions and the minor chord progressions
pages we looked at before, the possibilities are limitless essentially.

We can combine any chord with any others in any order from a scale, and then we can even change keys within a
song. So the combinations below can be used with any chord scale in any key.

Look at the combination and try it in any of the chord scales or your own. Let's take a look.

This may seem like a whole lot to do. But start with the major scale chords. Print it out. Then play the following chord
combinations in one key to get the feel, keeping note of your ideas along the way.

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 1


1-2: ... 1-2-1 ... 1-2-3 ... 1-3-2 ... 1-2-4 ... 1-4-2 ... 1-2-5 ... 1-5-2 ... 1-2-6 ... 1-6-2 ... 1-2-7 ... 1-7-2
1-3: ... 1-3-1 ... 1-3-4 ... 1-4-3 ... 1-3-5 ... 1-5-3 ... 1-3-6 ... 1-6-3 ... 1-3-7 ... 1-7-3
1-4: ... 1-4-1 ... 1-4-5 ... 1-5-4 ... 1-4-6 ... 1-6-4 ... 1-4-7 ... 1-7-4
1-5: ... 1-5-1 ... 1-5-6 ... 1-6-5 ... 1-5-7 ... 1-7-5
1-6: ... 1-6-1 ... 1-6-7 ... 1-7-6
1-7: ... 1-7-1

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 2


2-1: ... 2-1-2 ... 2-1-3 ... 2-3-1 ... 2-1-4 ... 2-4-1 ... 2-1-5 ... 2-5-1 ... 2-1-6 ... 2-6-1 ... 2-1-7 ... 2-7-1
2-3: ... 2-3-2 ... 2-3-4 ... 2-4-3 ... 2-3-5 ... 2-5-3 ... 2-3-6 ... 2-6-3 ... 2-3-7 ... 2-7-3
2-4: ... 2-4-1 ... 2-4-5 ... 2-5-4 ... 2-4-6 ... 2-6-4 ... 2-4-7 ... 2-7-4
2-5: ... 2-5-1 ... 2-5-6 ... 2-6-5 ... 2-6-7 ... 2-7-6
2-6: ... 2-6-1 ... 2-6-7 ... 2-7-6
2-7: ... 2-7-1

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 3


3-1: ... 3-1-2 ... 3-2-1 ... 3-1-3 ... 3-1-4 ... 3-4-1 ... 3-1-5 ... 3-5-1 ... 3-1-6 ... 3-6-1 ... 3-1-7 ... 3-7-1
3-2: ... 3-2-3 ... 3-2-4 ... 3-4-2 ... 3-2-5 ... 3-5-2 ... 3-2-6 ... 3-6-2 ... 3-2-7 ... 3-7-2
3-4: ... 3-4-3 ... 3-4-5 ... 3-5-4 ... 3-4-6 ... 3-6-4 ... 3-4-7 ... 3-7-4
3-5: ... 3-5-3 ... 3-5-6 ... 3-6-5 ... 3-5-7 ... 3-7-5
3-6: ... 3-6-3 ... 3-6-7 ... 3-7-6
3-7: ... 3-7-3

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 4


4-1: ... 4-1-2 ... 4-2-1 ... 4-1-3 ... 4-3-1 ... 4-1-4 ... 4-1-5 ... 4-5-1 ... 4-1-6 ... 4-6-1 ... 4-1-7 ... 4-7-1
4-2: ... 4-2-3 ... 4-3-2 ... 4-2-4 ... 4-2-5 ... 4-5-2 ... 4-2-6 ... 4-6-2 ... 4-2-7 ... 4-7-2
4-3: ... 4-3-4 ... 4-3-5 ... 4-5-3 ... 4-3-6 ... 4-6-3 ... 4-3-7 ... 4-7-3
4-5: ... 4-5-4 ... 4-5-6 ... 4-6-5 ... 4-5-7 ... 4-7-5
4-6: ... 4-6-4 ... 4-6-7 ... 4-7-6
4-7: ... 4-7-4

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 5


5-1: ... 5-1-2 ... 5-2-1 ... 5-1-3 ... 5-3-1 ... 5-1-4 ... 5-4-1 ... 5-1-5 ... 5-1-6 ... 5-6-1 ... 5-1-7 ... 5-7-1
5-2: ... 5-2-3 ... 5-3-2 ... 5-2-4 ... 5-4-2 ... 5-2-5 ... 5-2-6 ... 5-6-2 ... 5-2-7 ... 5-7-2
5-3: ... 5-3-4 ... 5-4-3 ... 5-3-5 ... 5-3-6 ... 5-6-3 ... 5-3-7 ... 5-7-3
5-4: ... 5-4-5 ... 5-4-6 ... 5-6-4 ... 5-4-7 ... 5-7-4
5-6: ... 5-6-5 ... 5-6-7 ... 5-7-6
5-7: ... 5-7-5

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THE 6


6-1: ... 6-1-2 ... 6-2-1 ... 6-1-3 ... 6-3-1 ... 6-1-4 ... 6-4-1 ... 6-1-5 ... 6-5-1 ... 6-1-6 ... 6-1-7 ... 6-7-1
6-2: ... 6-2-3 ... 6-3-2 ... 6-2-4 ... 6-4-2 ... 6-2-5 ... 6-5-2 ... 6-2-6 ... 6-2-7 ... 6-7-2
6-3: ... 6-3-4 ... 6-4-3 ... 6-3-5 ... 6-5-3 ... 6-3-6 ... 6-3-7 ... 6-7-3
6-4: ... 6-4-5 ... 6-5-4 ... 6-4-6 ... 6-4-7 ... 6-7-4
6-5: ... 6-5-6 ... 6-5-7 ... 6-7-5
6-7: ... 6-7-6

3 CHORD PROGRESSIONS FROM THEE 7


7-1: ... 7-1-2 ... 7-2-1 ... 7-1-3 ... 7-3-1 ... 7-1-4 ... 7-4-1 ... 7-1-5 ... 7-5-1 ... 7-1-6 ... 7-6-1 ... 7-1-7
7-2: ... 7-2-3 ... 7-3-2 ... 7-2-4 ... 7-4-2 ... 7-2-5 ... 7-5-3 ... 7-2-6 ... 7-6-2 ... 7-2-7
7-3: ... 7-3-4 ... 7-4-3 ... 7-3-5 ... 7-5-3 ... 7-3-6 ... 7-6-3 ... 7-3-7
7-4: ... 7-4-5 ... 7-5-4 ... 7-4-6 ... 7-6-4 ... 7-4-7
7-5: ... 7-5-6 ... 7-6-5 ... 7-5-7
7-6: ... 7-6-7

And that's just 3 chord progressions, not even 4 chrd chord progressions. The point, here specifically, is NOT to give
you prefabricated progressions to which you can write songs or even an explanation as to why they sound the way
they do. The point is for you to explore your more creative and reflective side and experiment with these
combinations and recognize their relationships to one another.

All you are doing with these chord progression exercises is learning chordal intervals. This is the important thing. If
you recognize and learn the relationship between notes and chords, you can compose whatever you want. And you
can play whatever you hear..if you have the technical ability.

Now once you go through all of the chords above, feel free to add chords here and there. Then play them fingerstyle.
You can add an incredible amount of texture and depth, and movement form there.

This was a short lesson, but if you set yourself to play through and use these exercises, you could use this page for
weeks worth of practice.

Check out Learn and Master Guitar for a great instructional that teaches you all about chord progressions.

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