Book 1 Visual Keyboard Chord Progressions Return to catalog Table Of Contents   FOREWORD   DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS   THE KEYBOARD     The Unequal-Segment Viewpoint     Equal-Segment Viewpoints     The Mirror-Image Viewpoint     The Major Scale Viewpoint   VISUAL KEYBOARD CHORD PROGRESSIONS Book 1   TABLE OF CONTENTS   TO UNDERSTAND THIS BOOK   PRELUDE FOR BEGINNERS     Guide 1 Naming the White Keys     Guide 2 Fingerings     Guide 3 Counting Time   CHORD PROGRESSIONS   WHITE KEY TRIADS     Lesson 1 Root progression down by third     Lesson 2 Root progression up by third     Lesson 3 Root progression up by fourth     Lesson 4 Root progression down by fourth     Lesson 5 Primary triad progressions     Lesson 6 Root progression by second     Lesson 7 Parallel interval progressions     Lesson 8 The Dominant seventh progression     Lesson 9 Mixed root progressions     WHITE KEY SEVENTH CHORDS     Lesson 10 Root progression down by third     Lesson 11 Root progression up by fourth     Lesson 12 Root progression by second   MIXED BLACK AND WHITE KEY CHORDS     Lesson 13 The basic blues progression     Lesson 14 Augmented fifth progressions     Lesson 15 Thumb line progressions     Lesson 16 Diminished seventh progressions     Lesson 17 Mixed Dominant seventh and minor triad progressions     Lesson 18 Mixed half-diminished and Dominant seventh progressions   REFERENCES     Definitions of terms used in this book     Chord symbol abbreviations     Key of C Chord Locator   75 pages	Sample Page...   PART II CHORD PROGRESSIONS   WHITE KEY TRIADS   Lesson 1  Root progression   down by third Play down each column from top to bottom, first with the right hand, then with the left hand an octave lower. The first arrow points to middle C. The slanting lines show what notes to move and which notes they go to. The notes always move up to the next white key, which becomes the root of the next chord. The heavy arrows point to roots. First the top note moves up, then the middle note, then the bottom note, and then the top note again - top middle bottom top middle bottom and so on. The top and bottom chords in each column are always C Major triads. The bottom chord of each column is exactly the same as the top chord of the next column. The roots go backward along the alphabet three letters at a time: C, A, F, D, B, G, E, G. This root motion is called root progression down by third.