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5.3 · Progressions

More ways home

Different genres take different roads home. Rock storms out and back on the big three; jazz eases home through ii; doo-wop drifts by way of vi. Learn these three paths and you'll start hearing them everywhere.

Three roads

Play each road and watch the colors walk. All three end pointed at, or landed on, home.

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The big three and nothing else. Home, away, tension, home. Chuck Berry to punk.

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ii–V–I: a gentle pull, then the hard lean, then home. Jazz's favorite way to land.

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I–vi–IV–V: Stand By Me, Every Breath You Take, and a thousand slow dances.

Quiz

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Jazz's favorite way home is…

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