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C - E - G Chord (C Major) to F - A - C Chord (F Major): What Happens in the Brain
How come?
When you progress from C major to F major, you move from these notes
C – E – G
to these notes:
F – A – C
When you leave the C major chord and move to the F major chord, your brain wonders, “What’s going on? The chord has changed. Looks like the new chord is assuming the role of the tonic chord—at least for the moment.”
Therefore ...
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The scale relationship of the note E in the C major chord (the chord being left behind) with respect to the root note F (the foundation note) in the new chord, F major, is 7 – 1 (8).
Your brain feels a strong sense of satisfaction when the note E in the C major chord resolves to the root note F in the new chord, F major.