Chord Progression Expander
Chord 1:
Chord 2:
Chord 3:
Chord 4:
Key:
C
D
E
Eb
F
G
Ab
A
Bb
B
Scale:
Major
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Minor
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More hints
These hints are explained in more depth at
Borrowed Chords Explained
by How To Write Songs
Try changing the quality of any chord …
from major to minor (C → Cm)
from minor to major (Dm → D)
to dominant 7 (Am → A7)
to diminished (G → Gdim)
Borrow chords from the parallel key
If in C major (C, G, Am, F) …
use some chords from C minor (Eb, Ab, Bb)
Take one of the 5 remaining scale notes and make that the root of a new chord:
in D major (D, G, A, Bb7)
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