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Once you start to hear I-IV-V chord progressions by ear, there’s one extra step you’ll need to
play them on your instrument: Knowing what the I, IV and V chords are in any particular key.
1. Notice that it repeats. The left hand side (F#→A#) is just a repetition of the
right hand side (F→B), adding sharps/flats.
Recite that sequence several times a day for a few days and you’ll never forget it.
It sort of rhymes - can you make up a way to sing it?
Then use the repetition rule to remember that after the “B”, you just say it again
with sharps.
Now when you need to work out the chords for a I-IV-V just think of the key’s letter
in that sequence and which letters come immediately before and after it.