Intermediate chord progressions – lesson 3
The third part of the lesson series will focus on seventh and extended chords. These chord groups add flavor to the major and minor triads. It's also common to variate with substitutions (see "Alternative chord diagrams" below).
Progression:
Dmaj7 | Bm7 | Amaj7 | Dmaj7
1st bar | 2nd bar | 3rd bar | 4th bar
Repeats: 5 times
BPM: 80
Time signature: 4/4
Chord diagrams
Dmaj7
Bm7
Amaj7
Alternative chord diagrams
These are extended chord that can be used as substitutions for the chords above. The Dmaj9 can be a substitution for Dmaj7 and so on. Also D6 that was introduced in lesson 5 can be used as substitution for Dmaj7.
Dmaj9
Bm11
Amaj9
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