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I VI II V progression
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Assuming you can
1) Substitute the minor IV for a dominant IV and the minor II for a dominant II
2) Substitue any of the VI/II's (because of #1) or V for a tritone equivalent
So...Some notation/glossary for the below:
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MMS => major instead of minor
"minor to major switch"
only allowed on a VI chord or a II chord. (if they are minor)
only allowed from minor to major.
SUB => Tritone substitution = SUB
"substitution"
these always have to be switched to dominant 7 chords
can switch any of the turnaround chords.
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Combinations
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Okay, going through the combos...
* straight ahead (simple case)
C Am Dm G7 ;; 0 MMS, 0 SUB
* MMS (only on VI and II)
C Am D7 G7 ;; 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 Dm G7 ;; 1 MMS (the VI)
C A7 D7 G7 ;; 2 MMS (the II and IV)
* Substitutions (can do on all VI II V, just not I)
C Eb7 Dm G7 ;; 1 SUB (the VI)
C Am G#7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the II)
C Am Dm C#7 ;; 1 SUB (the V)
C Eb7 G#7 G7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the II)
C Eb7 Dm C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the V)
C Am G#7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the II and the V)
C Eb7 G#7 C#7 ;; 3 SUBS (the IV, II and the V)
* MMS AND SUBS
C Eb7 D7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the VI) + 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 G#7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the II) + 1 MMS (the VI)
C A7 D7 C#7 ;; 1 SUB (the V) + 2 MMS (the VI and II)
C Eb7 D7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the V) + 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 G#7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the II and the V) + 1 MMS (the VI)
can't add a MMS to this one: C Eb7 G#7 G7 ;; 2 SUBS (cause the VI and the II are already dominant)
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These are basically all the same progression! (but all uniq at the same time!) - same I VI II V progression...
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So to sum up the above:
C Am Dm G7 ;; 0 MMS, 0 SUB
C Am D7 G7 ;; 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 Dm G7 ;; 1 MMS (the VI)
C A7 D7 G7 ;; 2 MMS (the II and IV)
C Eb7 Dm G7 ;; 1 SUB (the VI)
C Am G#7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the II)
C Am Dm C#7 ;; 1 SUB (the V)
C Eb7 G#7 G7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the II)
C Eb7 Dm C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the V)
C Am G#7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the II and the V)
C Eb7 G#7 C#7 ;; 3 SUBS (the IV, II and the V)
C Eb7 D7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the VI) + 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 G#7 G7 ;; 1 SUB (the II) + 1 MMS (the VI)
C A7 D7 C#7 ;; 1 SUB (the V) + 2 MMS (the VI and II)
C Eb7 D7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the VI and the V) + 1 MMS (the II)
C A7 G#7 C#7 ;; 2 SUBS (the II and the V) + 1 MMS (the VI)
Now do that for all 12 keys:
| I | VI | II | V |
|---+-----+-----+-----|
| I | m | m | |
| I | (M) | m | |
| I | (M) | (M) | |
| I | m | (M) | |
| I | (S) | m | |
| I | m | (S) | |
| I | m | m | (S) |
| I | (S) | (S) | |
| I | (S) | m | (S) |
| I | m | (S) | (S) |
| I | (S) | (S) | (S) |
| I | (S) | (M) | |
| I | (M) | (S) | |
| I | (M) | (M) | (S) |
| I | (S) | (M) | (S) |
| I | (M) | (S) | (S) |
|---+-----+-----+-----|
I IV II V
I (M)VI II V
I (M)VI (M)II V
I VI (M)II V
I (S)VI II V
I VI (S)II V
I VI II (S)V
I (S)VI (S)II V
I (S)VI II (S)V
I VI (S)II (S)V
I (S)VI (S)II (S)V
I (S)VI (M)II V
I (M)VI (S)II V
I (M)VI (M)II (S)V
I (S)VI (M)II (S)V
I (M)VI (S)II (S)V
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