Chord Progression Maps

[challism]

I found these chord maps to be very useful:

https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapC.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapDb.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapD.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapEb.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapE.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapF.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapGb.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapG.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapAb.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapA.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapBb.pdf
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/ProgressionMapB.pdf

Here's a downloadable player which is pretty cool.. https://mugglinworks.com/YoursToPlayIt/
This MIDI controller can be used to play Reason instruments (Windows users can use loopMIDI and MIDI Mapper to get it to work).
Instructions can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7524968

[Billy+]

Will check this out tomorrow.

[thedude]

Thanks for posting - that site is great.

[Billy+]

I have been meaning to post this collection of Computer Music videos for a while and this looks like a good place for them,

Enjoy

Borrowed Chords
Melodies and Repetition
Diminished 7th Tricks
2 5 1 Building Block
Chromatic Mediants
Chord Progressions
Making Melodies
rhythm first melody
inverted chords
major to minor
Modulating to a new key
top line from chords

intervals

pedal points/tones

Tensions
Voicing

Exploring Ancient Modes - Why These Notes

Enjoy

[challism]

Nice list. Thanks Billy.

[Billy+]

No worries
This site is also worth a bookmark

https://m.basicmusictheory.com

Click Topics to see what's available

A good example topic is intervals

https://m.basicmusictheory.com/topic/note-interval

[Italophile]

I found these chord maps to be very useful:

There's also maps for the minor keys:
https://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/minorchartmaps.htm

And a really good iPad app:
https://www.mugglinworks.com/ChordMaps2/

[TheGodOfRainbows]

Very interesting. Cool thread. Thanks for sharing these links!

[Billy+]

If you're looking for something a bit more advanced you will definitely find Tessitura interesting

https://mdecks.com/tessituramac.phtml

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[Quarmat]

I like this one as well, too bad I they do not have ported them to Windows:

[thedjjudah]

Thanks, challism! I lost the chord progression map my old music theory professor gave me and since then have not been able to remember it. Thanks for the post! Will definitely be using this!

[littlejam]

hello,

i think this thread should become a 'sticky'
it has a wealth of information in it

and adding to it are these 3 videos
which really help me understand basic music theory

video 1 = scales

video 2 = chords

video 3 = chord progression / inversions

it really is compliments to RT user lungingidi445
who recently posted in the kitchen's 'what are you listening to' thread

cheers and eat well,

j

[Billy+]

What other chords / intervals are useful to know?

With standard major (root + 4 + 3) and minor (root + 3 + 4) triads covered in most players what other intervals are useful to know?

sus2 (root + 2 + 5)
sus4 (root + 5 + 2)
P4 (root + 5)
P5 (root + 7)

[teddymcw]

What other chords / intervals are useful to know?

Dude, theory really? Haven't you ever heard of quad note generator with locrian player on top? Come on man.

Thanks, these are great resources!

[Billy+]

What other chords / intervals are useful to know?

Dude, theory really? Haven't you ever heard of quad note generator with locrian player on top? Come on man.

Thanks, these are great resources!

Well with player devices it pays to understand more about what works and why rather than just hoping that the device is doing everything you might want to use.

Even if it's simple stuff like inversions, drop voicing and open positions it will improve not just your chords but help create bigger sounds and leave space between fundamentals that will eventually help your mix down.

[Neo]

Bookmarked* - Cheers all.

[Billy+]

Posting this as it relates to the interval question I asked and I thought it might be of use (sorry about the YouTube ads) if I find a better one hopefully I will can update

moved link to top list

[Billy+]

Thanks Ryan

Another handy option to spice up your chords "pedal tones"

Moved video to top list

[Tiny Montgomery]

Thanks Ryan

Another handy option to spice up your chords "pedal tones"

Fairplay to him, I thought this was good too. I had a go at it afterwards and came up with nice thing in C Dorian.

Speaking of which I tried to use Note Humaniser after Scales and Chords and it didn't seem to have an effect on any of the notes. Then I thought I'd try a trick Id seen somewhere using the Groove section in Tool window to set random ticks on one one of the groove channels to humanise the piano chords but i still couldn't get it to have any effect. Guess I'll have to edit the midi myself!

Edit: Im using latest R12 release.

[challism]

Thanks Ryan

Another handy option to spice up your chords "pedal tones"

Ah, pedal tones... I didn't know what they were called; I always just called them drones. Like the bagpipe's drone or the banjo's drone string (as Ryan mentioned).

That was a good video. I would like to see more of these short 5 minute videos from Ryan. I miss his super duper cool neat tips series (whatever it was called).

[Billy+]

I still prefer to build chords by ear and eye not necessarily just within a scale or mode.

Using scale and chords the first thing I usually do is turn chords off and just use the scale filter to draw out a base scale then delete the player, mute the notes and create a new note lane and use multi view to see the scale under what I'm writing. Knowing that you can replace a minor with a major or vice verse and sticking to the number one rule

#1 if it sounds right it is right

I like to see the chords detector show multiple chords that it could be and outputting 1st 2nd 3rd inversions or C/F chords etc.

[Billy+]

screen capture isn't so good but hears an example

just the chords

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chords with a simple motif

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[Billy+]

Another couple of videos about tensions and voicin added to the top post as links rather than embedded content as I'm noticing a big slow down in the thread which is probably due to the videos.

It might be a good idea to put the videos as links and remove the duplicates

Enjoy

[Gardinski]

This is a really handy set of info, Challism. Thanks for sharing it.

Like Billy, I work primarily by ear and by instinct, but it's really interesting to work backwards and see why these things that we do unconsciously work in the way they do.

I'm enjoying the 'reverse arrow' idea which is mentioned in the footnotes of each diagram. I think I do that intuitively a lot of the time anyway, but doing it 'consciously'/deliberately is a useful approach for breaking out of stale patterns. It's a great way to surprise yourself by shifting to an unexpected chord (eg. a major VI where your ear might be expecting a minor vi). Suddenly you can feel an otherwise ordinary sequence shifting into quite grand, almost Freddie Mercury territory. It definitely merits further experimentation.

[Billy+]

In another thread there's a discussion about keys scales modes etc and it reminded me that this was covered in keyboard magazine so I thought it might be helpful to add a snippet it to this thread.

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Enjoy