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Hello everyone
I would like to ask you how harmonic progressions are derived in a minor key.
I know that to obtain a harmonic progression in a major key, one must follow this sequence:
I - VI - II - V (obviously applicable to all keys)
Example in C Major: CM - Am - Dm - G
But in minor keys, is there a pattern to follow exactly as for obtaining major harmonic progressions?
thanks everyone
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By writing: "applicable to all keys" you have practically answered yourself.
Consider that the key becomes interesting when the rule is broken... otherwise everything becomes extremely predictable.
It happens, for example, that chords from one mode are borrowed into another and vice versa.
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ah! so the I - VI - II - V progression also works for the minor mode! I didn't imagine it
..so if I start from melodic Am I will have: Am - F#dim - Bm - Em and if instead it is natural Am it will be: Am - F - Bdim - Em and if it is harmonic Am: Am - Fm - Bdim - E
have I understood correctly?
thanks a lot for the help
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The E chord, if we are in a tonal context, will always be major because it includes the leading tone.... namely G# in A minor.
The rest works out.
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ah thanks, right that in A minor melodic and harmonic the E is major, but in A natural minor the E is minor, right?
thanks a lot
