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So how many cyclically and transpositionally unique three chord major or minor triad progressions are there? I wrote a program to find out. The answer is 296. If you allow for chord quality changes on the same root, then there are 340. | |
Transpose to all 12 keys: | |
0 C Db D | |
1 C Db D- | |
2 C Db Eb | |
3 C Db Eb- | |
4 C Db E | |
5 C Db E- | |
6 C Db F | |
7 C Db F- | |
8 C Db Gb | |
9 C Db Gb- | |
10 C Db G | |
11 C Db G- | |
12 C Db Ab | |
13 C Db Ab- | |
14 C Db A | |
15 C Db A- | |
16 C Db Bb | |
17 C Db Bb- | |
18 C Db B- | |
19 C Db- D | |
20 C Db- D- | |
21 C Db- Eb | |
22 C Db- Eb- | |
23 C Db- E | |
24 C Db- E- | |
25 C Db- F | |
26 C Db- F- | |
27 C Db- Gb | |
28 C Db- Gb- | |
29 C Db- G | |
30 C Db- G- | |
31 C Db- Ab | |
32 C Db- Ab- | |
33 C Db- A | |
34 C Db- A- | |
35 C Db- Bb | |
36 C Db- Bb- | |
37 C Db- B- | |
38 C D Db | |
39 C D Db- | |
40 C D E | |
41 C D E- | |
42 C D F | |
43 C D F- | |
44 C D Gb | |
45 C D Gb- | |
46 C D G | |
47 C D G- | |
48 C D Ab | |
49 C D Ab- | |
50 C D A | |
51 C D A- | |
52 C D Bb- | |
53 C D B- | |
54 C D- Db | |
55 C D- Db- | |
56 C D- Eb | |
57 C D- Eb- | |
58 C D- E | |
59 C D- E- | |
60 C D- F | |
61 C D- F- | |
62 C D- Gb | |
63 C D- Gb- | |
64 C D- G | |
65 C D- G- | |
66 C D- Ab | |
67 C D- Ab- | |
68 C D- A | |
69 C D- A- | |
70 C D- Bb- | |
71 C D- B- | |
72 C Eb Db | |
73 C Eb Db- | |
74 C Eb D | |
75 C Eb D- | |
76 C Eb Gb | |
77 C Eb Gb- | |
78 C Eb G | |
79 C Eb G- | |
80 C Eb Ab | |
81 C Eb Ab- | |
82 C Eb A- | |
83 C Eb Bb- | |
84 C Eb B- | |
85 C Eb- Db | |
86 C Eb- Db- | |
87 C Eb- D | |
88 C Eb- D- | |
89 C Eb- E | |
90 C Eb- E- | |
91 C Eb- F | |
92 C Eb- F- | |
93 C Eb- Gb | |
94 C Eb- Gb- | |
95 C Eb- G | |
96 C Eb- G- | |
97 C Eb- Ab | |
98 C Eb- Ab- | |
99 C Eb- A- | |
100 C Eb- Bb- | |
101 C Eb- B- | |
102 C E Db | |
103 C E Db- | |
104 C E D | |
105 C E D- | |
106 C E Eb | |
107 C E Eb- | |
108 C E Ab | |
109 C E Ab- | |
110 C E A- | |
111 C E Bb- | |
112 C E B- | |
113 C E- Db | |
114 C E- Db- | |
115 C E- D | |
116 C E- D- | |
117 C E- Eb | |
118 C E- Eb- | |
119 C E- F | |
120 C E- F- | |
121 C E- Gb | |
122 C E- Gb- | |
123 C E- G | |
124 C E- G- | |
125 C E- Ab- | |
126 C E- A- | |
127 C E- Bb- | |
128 C E- B- | |
129 C F Db | |
130 C F Db- | |
131 C F D | |
132 C F D- | |
133 C F Eb | |
134 C F Eb- | |
135 C F E | |
136 C F E- | |
137 C F Bb- | |
138 C F B- | |
139 C F- Db | |
140 C F- Db- | |
141 C F- D | |
142 C F- D- | |
143 C F- Eb | |
144 C F- Eb- | |
145 C F- E | |
146 C F- E- | |
147 C F- Gb | |
148 C F- Gb- | |
149 C F- G- | |
150 C F- Ab- | |
151 C F- A- | |
152 C F- Bb- | |
153 C F- B- | |
154 C Gb Db | |
155 C Gb Db- | |
156 C Gb D | |
157 C Gb D- | |
158 C Gb Eb | |
159 C Gb Eb- | |
160 C Gb E | |
161 C Gb E- | |
162 C Gb F | |
163 C Gb F- | |
164 C Gb- Db | |
165 C Gb- Db- | |
166 C Gb- D | |
167 C Gb- D- | |
168 C Gb- Eb | |
169 C Gb- Eb- | |
170 C Gb- E | |
171 C Gb- E- | |
172 C Gb- F | |
173 C Gb- F- | |
174 C Gb- G- | |
175 C Gb- Ab- | |
176 C Gb- A- | |
177 C Gb- Bb- | |
178 C Gb- B- | |
179 C G D | |
180 C G D- | |
181 C G Eb | |
182 C G Eb- | |
183 C G E | |
184 C G E- | |
185 C G F- | |
186 C G Gb- | |
187 C G- Db | |
188 C G- Db- | |
189 C G- D | |
190 C G- D- | |
191 C G- Eb | |
192 C G- Eb- | |
193 C G- E | |
194 C G- E- | |
195 C G- F- | |
196 C G- Gb- | |
197 C G- Ab- | |
198 C G- A- | |
199 C G- Bb- | |
200 C G- B- | |
201 C Ab E | |
202 C Ab E- | |
203 C Ab F- | |
204 C Ab Gb- | |
205 C Ab G- | |
206 C Ab- Db | |
207 C Ab- Db- | |
208 C Ab- D | |
209 C Ab- D- | |
210 C Ab- Eb | |
211 C Ab- Eb- | |
212 C Ab- E- | |
213 C Ab- F- | |
214 C Ab- Gb- | |
215 C Ab- G- | |
216 C Ab- A- | |
217 C Ab- Bb- | |
218 C Ab- B- | |
219 C A Gb- | |
220 C A G- | |
221 C A Ab- | |
222 C A- Db | |
223 C A- Db- | |
224 C A- D | |
225 C A- D- | |
226 C A- Eb- | |
227 C A- E- | |
228 C A- F- | |
229 C A- Gb- | |
230 C A- G- | |
231 C A- Ab- | |
232 C A- Bb- | |
233 C A- B- | |
234 C Bb Ab- | |
235 C Bb A- | |
236 C Bb- Db | |
237 C Bb- Db- | |
238 C Bb- D- | |
239 C Bb- Eb- | |
240 C Bb- E- | |
241 C Bb- F- | |
242 C Bb- Gb- | |
243 C Bb- G- | |
244 C Bb- Ab- | |
245 C Bb- A- | |
246 C Bb- B- | |
247 C B Bb- | |
248 C B- Db- | |
249 C B- D- | |
250 C B- Eb- | |
251 C B- E- | |
252 C B- F- | |
253 C B- Gb- | |
254 C B- G- | |
255 C B- Ab- | |
256 C B- A- | |
257 C B- Bb- | |
258 C- Db- D- | |
259 C- Db- Eb- | |
260 C- Db- E- | |
261 C- Db- F- | |
262 C- Db- Gb- | |
263 C- Db- G- | |
264 C- Db- Ab- | |
265 C- Db- A- | |
266 C- Db- Bb- | |
267 C- D- Db- | |
268 C- D- E- | |
269 C- D- F- | |
270 C- D- Gb- | |
271 C- D- G- | |
272 C- D- Ab- | |
273 C- D- A- | |
274 C- Eb- Db- | |
275 C- Eb- D- | |
276 C- Eb- Gb- | |
277 C- Eb- G- | |
278 C- Eb- Ab- | |
279 C- E- Db- | |
280 C- E- D- | |
281 C- E- Eb- | |
282 C- E- Ab- | |
283 C- F- Db- | |
284 C- F- D- | |
285 C- F- Eb- | |
286 C- F- E- | |
287 C- Gb- Db- | |
288 C- Gb- D- | |
289 C- Gb- Eb- | |
290 C- Gb- E- | |
291 C- Gb- F- | |
292 C- G- D- | |
293 C- G- Eb- | |
294 C- G- E- | |
295 C- Ab- E- | |
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