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    With this course you can practise:

    • V7 
    • Chord progressions on primary chords and degrees II and VI

    Recommended to study before this course:

    • Chord progressions 2

  • Dominant seventh chord V7

    The dominant seventh is perhaps the most important of the seventh chords. It was the first seventh chord to appear regularly in classical music. The V7 is found almost as often as the V, the dominant triad. (Wikipedia)

  • VI degree triad

    VI degree triad is

    • minor triad in major keys, for example in C major it is Am
    • major triad in minor keys, for example in A minor it is F


    Very common progression is I-VI-IV-V, in C major: C Am F G

    VI degree exists sometimes after V degree:

    A deceptive cadence (also called an interrupted cadence) is a cadence from V to vi. The most important irregular resolution,[ most commonly V7–vi (or V7–♭VI) in major or V7–VI in minor. This is considered a weak cadence because of the "hanging" (suspended) feeling it invokes. (Wikipedia)

  • II degree triad

    II degree triad is

    • minor triad in major keys, for eample in C major: Dm
    • dim triad in minor keys, for eample in A minor: Bdim


    II degree exists often before V (it's predominant chord).

  • Additional exercises