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 B² B¨m7
m7 A² C#m7
4 j j
& ™™ 4 bbœœ ™™ œœ ˙˙
bbœœ ™™
œœ ˙˙ w
w
w
w
™™
Piano mp j
? ™™ 44 œœ™™ #œœ ˙˙ bœœ ™
™ œœ ˙˙ ##w
w w
w ™™
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chord progression 1b:
J
Cm7 B² B¨m7
m7 A7 C#m9
j Gospel sound
j
& ™™ bbœœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ œ ™ # œ ˙˙˙
™™
bb œœœ ™™™ # œœœ ˙ ## w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w

∏∏∏
? ™™ œœ™™ #œœ ˙˙ j ™™
{ bœ ™ œ ˙ #w w
J
chord progression 1C: (played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings)
Cm7 B²#4 B¨m7 A²#4 C#m7
œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ œœj #w w
bbbœœœ ™™™
˙˙
& ™™ b
b œ™ œJ ˙ œ ˙
w
w
w
w
™™
œœ ™™ ##œœ ˙˙ œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ ##w w
#w
? ™™ w ™™
{ œ™ œJ ˙ bœ ™ œJ ˙ w w

chord progression 2a: (modified version of 'Need To Feel Loved' by Reflekt)

(key of C minor) (key change) (key of C minor)
Fm7 A¨² Cm7 B¨² A¨²
& ™™ 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¨² Cm7 B¨²#4 A¨²
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¨² Fm7 G¨² B¨m7
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¨² E¨m7 E² G#m7 A²
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 D² F#m9 G² 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)

C² Em7 F² Am9 B¨²
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¨² Gm9 A¨² 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˙˙˙ œœœ ™™™ <n>œœœ œœœ w ˙ œœœ ™™™ œœœ œœœ
b˙ œ™ b >œ œ bbw
w
w bb˙˙˙ œ ™ b >œ œ
mp side-slipping
? ™™ ˙ œ™ >œ œ w ˙ œ ™ >œ œ
{
Fm9 Cm9 Dm9 Cm9
D¨77

& b˙˙˙ ™™™ œœœ ™™™ <n>œœœ

b ˙™ bb œœœœ ˙ œœœ w
> bb ˙˙˙ œ™ >œ œ bb w
w
w
? ˙™ >
bœ œ œ
{ ˙ œ™
>
w

Cm9 Dm9 Cm9 C7¨13

C7 13
™™
& ˙ œœœ ™™™ œœœ œœœ ˙™ bb>œœ
bb ˙˙˙ œ™ >œ œ bb ˙˙˙ ™™™ ∏∏∏
? ˙ b>œœ
œ œ ™™
{ Ϫ
>
˙™ œ

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

Cm/C E¨/C
/C D/C D¨m
m G7

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

Cm7 B² B¨m7
m7 A² C#m9 D²
j j
& ™™ bbœœ ™™ œ ˙
œ ˙ bb>œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ ##w ˙˙˙ ##>˙˙
> ww
w ˙
mp mf
j >˙
? ™™ >œœ ™™ #œœ ˙˙ >œ ™
œœ ˙˙ ˙
{ bœ ™ #w ˙
J up half-step up maj 3

F#m7 F² Em7 E¨² Gm9 A¨²

j j ™™ 43
& œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ œœ ™™ œœ ˙˙ w ˙˙˙ ˙˙
> bw
w
w ˙
mp > >

∏∏∏
>œ ™ mf
# nnœœ ˙˙ >œ ™ bœ ˙ w ˙˙
? # œ™ œ™ b œ ˙ 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 C7¨9
C7 9 F²
3
3 œœ œœœ
&4 œ œ™ #œ œ œœ œœ œ œ˙
b ˙˙˙ #œ œ œ œ™ œ œ
˙
∏∏∏

∏∏∏

mp
? 43 ˙˙ ™™ b˙˙ ™™
˙™
{ ˙™ ˙™
˙™

Dm11 Em11 Dm11 Gm11 C7¨13

C7 13 3 F²U
3 œœ œ bœ œ #œj œ ˙
& œœœ #œœœ œœœ œœœ nœ œ˙ œ œ bbb˙˙˙˙ œœ œ bœ ˙
b˙ ™
∏∏∏

side-slipping
? œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ ˙˙ ™™ b˙˙ ™™ ˙˙˙˙
{ ˙™ ˙™
œ
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