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6.6.11 Directional Strength in Harmony: C Major and A Minor Example
So, the natural direction of motion as you progress from chord to chord through the circular harmonic scale has been nailed down. It’s clockwise.
Still, the scale needs more work. It's still the same as the circle progression. Some of the harmonic intervals have less directional strength than others.
As always, an example reveals the problem. Once again, swap the Nashville Numbers of Figure 50 above for the chords of a pair of relative keys—C major and A minor, this time with the directional arrows added (Figure 51 below):
FIGURE 51: Emerging Circular Harmonic Scale: Key of C Major / A Minor