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C Major Chord Progressions: Examples, with a Chromatic Progression
IMPORTANT: In Table 42 above, the chord progressions in the “Examples” column represent only a smattering of the possibilities of C major chord progressions. What’s missing? Well, for example, the chord change Dm – G is a fifth progression down. So is Am – Dm. The chord progression F – B♭ in the key of C is a chromatic progression, exiting.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT: You don’t have to remember or memorize all that stuff in Table 42. Why? Because, in a while, you’ll learn a visual way of making sense of chord progressions. A way to sketch a “map” of a song’s chord progressions.
All of this will begin to make much more sense shortly. Next up: the harmonic equivalent of the melodic scales you studied so conscientiously in Chapter 4. You’re ready to learn all about harmonic scales.