Music Theory Monday 21 | Progressions that Feel in Key (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

Writing chord progressions is (in my opinion) at the core of understanding music theory, making sense of ear training, and learning to write music. In this lesson, I talk about how the simple set of 7 chords (I ii iii IV V vi vii°) can sometimes lead you to astray and make your audience think you're NOT in the key you intended to be. I experiment with how to make a chord progression "feel" like it's in the right key

This lesson will hopefully give you a better understanding of and more familiarity with the Major Key. You'll also get a better sense of how to write chord progressions that pull the listener to the I chord, and you'll have a nice writing method where you start with a basic progression and then substitute chords to make it more interesting.

For community forum homework, feel free to post questions along with:

1. Chord progressions that DON'T lead to the I chord (for practice)

2. Chord progressions that DO lead to the I chord (for practice)

3. Chord progressions that started with basics and then substituted

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