6.7 · The ii and iii Chords

Follow the song, with ii and iii

Hear a loop and trace its path, now with ii and iii in it. Listen for the two new chords by what they do: ii is minor and sets up V, iii is minor and keeps two of I's notes.

Every loop in this unit

Six loops, each with ii or iii doing one job.

C
Dm
G
C

I–ii–V–I. ii falls a fifth to V, V falls a fifth to I.

C
F
Dm
G
C

I–IV–ii–V–I. Both away chords before V. One note changes between them.

C
Dm
Am
F

I–ii–vi–IV. ii goes to vi instead. Away, no pull.

C
Em
Am
F

I–iii–vi–IV. The pop loop with iii for V. In C, E falls a fifth to A.

C
Em
F
G

I–iii–IV–V. iii rises into IV by half steps, then V.

Em
Am
Dm
G
C

iii–vi–ii–V–I. Every root falls a fifth: 3, 6, 2, 5, 1.

Game · Follow the song: loops with ii

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Listen, then tap the chords in the order you heard them.

Listen first. Then answer.
1
2
3
4

Game · Follow the song: loops with iii

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Listen, then tap the chords in the order you heard them.

Listen first. Then answer.
1
2
3
4

Quiz

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Which loop has ii setting up V?

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