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6.9.4
Fifth Up Progressions Away From the Tonic

Fifth-up progressions that do not involve the tonic tend to be weak (Figure 68):

Circular harmonic scale counter-clockwise movement of fifth-up chord progressions.

FIGURE 68: Chord Maps of Fifth Progressions Up, Away from the Tonic Chord

Clunky sounding chord progressions are often found to have consecutive fifth-ups, away from the tonic. Not always, but more often than not.

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