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6.9
Chord Maps of the Four Types of Chord Progressions
6.9.1
Chord Mapping: Adding Chord Progression Arrows
Now that you’ve drawn a basic chord map with modified Nashville numbers and the circular harmonic scale of a particular key, the last step is to draw arrows from one chord to the next chord inside the circular harmonic scales diagram.
Draw the arrows in the order that they occur in the chord progression of the song, or in the order you would like them to occur if you're making your own chord progression.
Never mind the melody. Never mind the time signature. Never mind the tempo. Never mind the meter.
On a chord map, the only thing of interest is the chord progression.
As discussed earlier in this chapter, there are four kinds of chord progressions:
- Fifth progressions, up and down
- Third progressions, up and down
- Second progressions, up and down
- Chromatic progressions, exiting and returning.