Re: Primary Chords

Good review of Primary Chords! Yeah, the I-IV-V. It's the most overdone, most common, but also works. The challenge would be to add interest.

I often get stuck "in a rut" while playing over ideas. Here is an example of a piece I'm working on now.

I have a real nice rhythmic arrangement of 2 chords: GM7 to BbM7. Then, I end up resolving to Csus9 after about 4 bars.

It's an Ani DiFranco inspired progression. So, I cued up some Ani and listened. Sure enough, I find a lot of two chord rhythmic pieces that build up to and around the rhythm section.

I thought about taking my GM7, BbM7 stanza to another bridge to somewhere...? But maybe it could stand on its own with some productive programming and/or engineering.

This could be a Tri-tonal template or cycle I've stumbled upon? Try playing GM7, BbM7, DM7.

Kurt