🎼 Chord Generator

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🎸 Chords in C Major

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πŸ’‘ Common Progressions

🎯 Circle of Fifths- Key relationships

Current: C
CC#DD#relEF5th↓F#G5th↑G#A||A#BCircle ofFifthsC

🎡 Related Keys

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πŸ’‘ Quick Tips

β€’ 5th↑ = Perfect fifth up (dominant)
β€’ 5th↓ = Perfect fifth down (subdominant)
β€’ rel = Relative minor/major

πŸ’‘ Music Theory Tips

  • β€’ I-IV-V-I is the most common progression in Western music
  • β€’ ii-V-I is the jazz standard progression
  • β€’ I-V-vi-IV is known as the "pop progression" (used in thousands of hit songs)
  • β€’ Minor keys often use borrowed chords from the relative major
  • β€’ The V chord creates tension that resolves to the I chord