Chord progressions 1A: I and V

Topic outline

• Welcome!
  

  Welcome!

  With this course you can practise:
  

  • Chord progressions with I and V degree chords

  Recommended to study before this course:

  • Chords 1A
• I and V degree chords in major
  

  I and V degree chords in major

  The most important chord degrees are

  • I degree, do-mi-so, 1st degree chord (tonic chord). Almost all pieces ends with tonic chord
    
  • V degree, so-ti-re,  5th degree (dominant chord) is often before tonic.

  
  

  Both are major triads.

  • Try chords 1 (major) mmusic
  • Try chords 2 (major) mmusic
  • EXERCISES
  • 1. Select hidden chord mmusic
  • 1. Select wrong chord mmusic
  • 1. Select chord locations mmusic
• I and V in major (chord symbols)
  

  I and V in major (chord symbols)

  Because both I and V are major triads, the chord symbol is the root note.

  For example in C major

  • I degree is  C
  • V degree is G

  
  

  In G major

  • I degree is G
  • V degree is D

  • EXERCISES
  • 2. Select wrong chord (symbols) mmusic
  • 2. Select chord locations (symbols) mmusic
  • 2. Add chord naming (symbols) mmusic
• I and V in minor
  

  I and V in minor

  In minor key

  • I degree is minor triad
  • V degree is major triad

  
  

  For example in A minor:

  • I degree is Am
  • V degree is E (E major, not E minor)

  
  

  In D minor:

  • I degree is Dm
  • V degree is A
    

  • Try chords 1 (minor) mmusic
  • Try chords 2 (minor) mmusic
  • EXERCISES
  • 1. Select hidden chord mmusic
  • 3. Select chord locations (degrees) mmusic
  • 3. Select chords one by one (degrees) mmusic
  • 3. Select wrong chord (symbols) mmusic
• Additional exercises
  

  Additional exercises

  • Haydn, String Quartet in g minor, op. 74 no. 3 mmusic
  • Schubert, String Quartet no. 10 in Eb, D. 87 III mmusic
  • Achy Breaky Heart mmusic
  • Suspicious Mind mmusic
  • Down On The Corner mmusic
  • Froggie Went A-Courtin' mmusic
  • Wild Rover mmusic
  • Beatles - Hey Jude mmusic