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Common Chord Progressions: Problems, Part 5—Early Chromatic Chords
Aspiring songwriters sometimes reject chord progressions commonly used in classic songs as being too "ordinary." But in an effort to create something original and different, tonality can get lost.
One final example (Figure 121):
- Early chromatic chords set the progression adrift in a puddle of harmonic mush
- No fifths-up this time, but no fifths-down, either
- No dominant chords, no tonality
FIGURE 121: Chord Map of a Weak Chord Progression: Example 4