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6.9.2
Clockwise and Counterclockwise: Fifth Progressions Down and Up
Visually recognizing the patterns of the various chord progression types on a chord map is important because each type of chord progression has advantages you can exploit and disadvantages you can avoid.
Figure 66 below maps the visual patterns of fifth progressions, up and down. The chords around the outside happen to be in the key of C major / A minor in this example. However, you could plug in the chords for any key you choose.
- Fifth progressions down: the arrows go clockwise around the circle.
- Fifth progressions up: the arrows go counterclockwise around the circle.
Around the inside of the circle, the modified Nashville numbers always remain the same.