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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, Second Edition
Augmented Chords ........................................................................115
Chord Extensions ............................................................................116
Sevenths ........................................................................................116
Other Extensions ..........................................................................119
Altered, Suspended, and Power Chords ........................................120
Altered Chords ..............................................................................120
Suspended Chords ..........................................................................121
Power Chords ................................................................................122
Inverting the Order ........................................................................122
Adding Chords to Your Music ........................................................123
The Complete Idiot’s Chord Reference ........................................125
10 Chord Progressions 127
Chords for Each Note in the Scale ................................................127
Creating a Progression ..................................................................130
It’s All About Getting Home ..........................................................130
One Good Chord Leads to Another ..............................................131
Ending a Phrase ..............................................................................133
Perfect Cadence ............................................................................133
Plagal Cadence ..............................................................................133
Imperfect Cadence ..........................................................................133
Interrupted Cadence ......................................................................134
Common Chord Progressions ........................................................134
I-IV ..............................................................................................134
I-V ..............................................................................................134
I-IV-V ..........................................................................................135
I-IV-V-IV ....................................................................................135
I-V-vi-IV ......................................................................................135
I-ii-IV-V ......................................................................................136
I-ii-IV ..........................................................................................136
I-vi-ii-V ......................................................................................136
I-vi-IV-V ......................................................................................136
I-vi-ii-V7-ii ..................................................................................136
IV-I-IV-V ....................................................................................137
ii-V-I ............................................................................................137
Circle of Fifths Progression ............................................................137
Singing the Blues ............................................................................138
Chords and Melodies ......................................................................138
Fitting Chords to a Melody ............................................................138
Writing a Melody to a Chord Progression ......................................142
11 Phrases and Form 145
Parts of a Song ................................................................................146
Introduction ..................................................................................146
Verse ............................................................................................146
Chorus ..........................................................................................146
Bridge ..........................................................................................147