7 SWEET CHORD

PROGRESSIONS

a collection of my favorite jazz piano sounds

- discovered over the last 10 years -
by Julian Bradley

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7 Sweet chord progressions
- demonstrated in C minor -
Presented by Julian Bradley
chord progression 1a:
Cm7 B Bm7
m7 A C#m7
4 j j
& 4 bb
bb
w
w
w
w

Piano mp j
? 44 # b
##w
w w
w
{
chord progression 1b:
J
Cm7 B Bm7
m7 A7 C#m9
j Gospel sound
j
& bb #

bb # ## w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w

? # j
{ b #w w
J
chord progression 1C: (played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings)
Cm7 B#4 Bm7 A#4 C#m7
j #w w
bbb

& b
b J
w
w
w
w

## ##w w
#w
? w
{ J b J w w

chord progression 2a: (modied version of 'Need To Feel Loved' by Reekt)

(key of C minor) (key change) (key of C minor)
Fm7 A Cm7 B A
& bw bbw
w <n>w
w w w
bw w w
? w w
{ w
bb w bw
w bbw
w
w
w

chord progression 2B: played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings. Feel free to arpeggiate these:
Fm7 A Cm7 B#4 A
w
& b bw
bw
b <n><n>w
w w
w
w
w
bw w w w w
w
w w
bbb bbbw
? w w w
{ w
w
w bw
w w
w
w
w

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chord progression 3: repeating modulation (goes through all 12 keys w. range of voicings) 2

(Key of C minor) (Key of F minor) (Key of Bb minor)

Cm D Fm7 G Bm7
U U
& bw bbw w
bbw
w
mp
w w b w w
bb w w
? w w w
bw
w
{ w bb w w
up maj 3rd up maj 3rd
up half-step up half-step

(Key of Eb minor) (Key of G# minor)

C Em7 E G#m7 A
bw U
w U
& bb bw w #w w ##
## w w
bbw
? bb w
w w
{ ##w
w w
w

(Key of C# minor) (Key of F# minor) (Key of B minor)

C#m9 D F#m9 G Bm9
U U U
& ##w w ## ##w
ww
w w
ww
w #
ww
w ww
w ##w
ww
w w
ww
w
? #w #w w
{ w w w

(Key of E minor) (Key of A minor)

C Em7 F Am9 B
U U
& w w w
w w
w
w w w
w w
w

? w w
{ w w w w b

(Key of D minor) (Key of G minor) (Key of C minor)

Dm9 E Gm9 A Cm9
U U
& w w w w
ww
w ww
w bw
w
w
w
w
w bw
ww w
ww

? w w bb w
w
w
w
b w
w
w
w
{ w w
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chord progression 4: 'the blue lotus chord progression'
(heard in the background to many of my video intros / outros)

Fm9 Gm9 Fm9 Fm9 Gm9

& b <n> w
b b > bbw
w
w bb b >
mp side-slipping
? > w >
{
Fm9 Cm9 Dm9 Cm9
D77

& b <n>
b bb w
> bb > bb w
w
w
? >
b
{
>
w

Cm9 Dm9 Cm9 C713

C7 13

& bb>
bb > bb
? b>

{
>

chord progression 5: Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor - demonstrated here in C minor

Cm/C E/C
/C D/C Dm
m G7

& bb
# bbb
b
p p p
f f f
? w
{ w
w
w
bw
bw
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w
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chord progression 6: hybrid of progs 1 + 3

Cm7 B Bm7
m7 A C#m9 D
j j
& bb
bb> ##w ##>
> ww
w
mp mf
j >
? > # >

{ b #w
J up half-step up maj 3

F#m7 F Em7 E Gm9 A

j j 43
& w
> bw
w
w
mp > >

> mf
# nn > b w
? # b 3
{ J J
w
w bb> 4
up maj 3
up half-step

chord progression 7: 'Taxi Driver' variation original by Bernard Herrmann (key of F major)

Gm9 C79
C7 9 F
3
3
&4 #
b #

mp
? 43 b

{

Dm11 Em11 Dm11 Gm11 C713

C7 13 3 FU
3 b #j
& # n bbb b
b

side-slipping
? b
{

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