Introduction to Chord Progressions

● What are they?

○ Harmonic set of pitches sounding at once
● What are roman numerals?
○ I - ii - iii - IV - V - vi - viio
● Why are the roman numerals different cases?
○ Chord quality!
● Can the roman numerals change or is I always capitalized?
○ Yes, all of these can change depending on the key. Major, minor, modes,
etc.
● Chord Functions
○ Tonic Chords, Predominant Chords, Dominant Chords

I - IV - V - I (Blues Progression)
● Tonic

Let’s come up with some combinations

● C…
● G…
● D…

I - V - vi - IV (Singer Songwriter Progression)

Let’s come up with some combinations

● C…
● G…
● D…

Variations of the Singer Songwriter Progression - how do you describe them?

V - vi - IV - I

vi - IV - I - V

IV - I - V - vi

After looking at these, let’s build our own progressions!!