Key of F Tutorial/Workshop! The Progressions OK, you made it through the exercises. I hope you CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM! Don’t just work on the chord progressions! The object is . . . DRILL on the exercises! There are only a few! Do them as your WARM UP! THEN , , , have fun with the following! Here are progression examples. Play them the same way you played the chord exercises above! SLOW, with a metronome. Until you can play them cleanly, smoothly and in time! Then gradually increase the speed. If you play too fast and fumble . . . you are HURTING your progress! You practice by playing correctly, not fumbling and messing up over and over! Speed will come! OK, here we go! These aren’t “duplicates” of the songs! They’re “in the style of” audio practice clips. So, they somewhat emulate some actual songs. But there are differences. The bass lines and drum/percussion tracks are in time, and in key, but are not copied from the actual songs! Also, I didn’t copy exact chord voicings! But the chords are correct for the key, and “implied” melodies! They will therefore sound very similar to actual songs you know! These are the progressions used for 1000s of actual songs! These are for your “practice” sessions, not rehearsals.! NOTE: F ‘’’ is 4 counts. The F and the 3 ‘s . F ‘ would be 2 counts! F & ‘ 8 bar I IV V/I V IV progression: 1 F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ % 2 F ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’C7 ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ % 3 F ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ % 12 Bar I IV V/I V IV progressions: 4 [: F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ :] % 5 [: F ‘’’Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ :] % 6 [: F ‘’’Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F’ C7 ’ :] % 7 [: F ‘’’Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘ Gm ‘ Am ‘ Ab7 ‘ Gm ‘’’ Db ’ C7 ’ F ‘ Bb ‘ F ‘ C7 ‘ :] % Minor Blues in F (Dm): 8 Dm ’’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm7 ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ Gm7 ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm7 ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ Am7 ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ A7 ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm9 % 9 Dm ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm7 ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ Gm7 ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm7 ‘’’ Am ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ A7 ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Dm9 % 10 Dm ‘’’ Dm/Db ‘’’ Dm/C ‘’’ Dm/B ‘’’ (Walk the low root note down Gm ‘’’ Gm/Gb ‘’’ Gm/F ‘’’ Gm/Eb ‘’’ a half step each chord!) Dm ‘’’ Dm/Db ‘’’ Dm/C ‘’’ Dm/B ‘’’ Am ‘ Am7 ’ Gm ‘ Gm7 ’ Dm ‘’’ A7 ‘’’ Dm ‘ Dm7 ‘ Dm% Runaway 11 Dm ‘’’ C ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ A ‘’’ A7 ‘’’ % Hit The Road Jack, Stray Cat Strut, etc. 12 Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Gm ‘ F ‘ Eb ‘ D ‘ Gm ‘ F ‘ Eb ‘ D ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Am ‘ G ‘ F ‘ E‘ Gm ‘ F ‘ Eb ‘ D ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ A ‘ Dm % Let It Be 13 F ‘ C ‘ Dm ‘ Bb ‘ F ‘ C ‘ Bb Am Gm F ‘ Heartbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad) 123 123 14 Dm ’’ ‘’’ Dm ’’ ‘’’ C ‘’ ‘’’ C ’’ ‘’’ Bb ’’ ‘’’ Bb ‘’ ‘’’ Asus4 ’’ ‘’’ A7 ’’ ‘’’ % Doo-Wop 50s progressions: I vi IV V 15 F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C ‘’’ % 16 F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C ‘ C7 ‘ % 17 F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C ‘’’ F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C ‘’’ F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ F ‘ Bb ‘ F ‘ C7 ‘ % Doo-Wop 50s progressions: I vi ii V 18 F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ C ‘’’ % 19 Gm ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ C ‘ C7 ’ F ‘’‘ % Gm9 20 F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ C ‘’’ F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ C ‘’’ F ‘’’ Dm ‘’’ Gm ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ F ‘ Bb ‘ F ‘ C7 ‘ % 16 bar Blues progressions 21 [: F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘ Bb ’F7 ‘ C7 ’ :] % 22 23 Sorry, these were removed. 24 BAR Slow Blues 24 F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Mustang Sally in F would be: 25 F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ C ‘’’ C7 ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ Bb7 ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ F7 ‘’’ Here are two more very common progressions! Used so much in Rock, I don’t know if I can count the songs! The first one is pretty easy. But it might not sound like the recorded hits. Because the songs are heavily guitar centered, and use some guitar voicing for the chords. But they’re a lot of fun to play, and very popular. The progression is used on songs like Sweet Home Alabama, Can’t You See, Satisfaction, Last Time, What I Like About You, Gloria, etc. And with one swap, one chord switch, there are a bunch more! Like pretty much many of Neil Diamon’s songs! Cherry Cherry, Thank The Lord For The Night Time, and a ton more. 26 C ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ F ‘’’ % Sweet Home Alabama, etc. 27 C ‘’’ Bb ‘’’ F ‘’’ C ‘’’ % Can’t You See 28 C ‘’’ Bb ‘’ F % Satisfaction 29 C ‘’’ Bb ‘ F ‘ % Last Time 30 F ‘ Bb ‘ C ‘ Bb ‘ % Too many to list! Hang On Sloopy, Fever, etc. 31 C ‘ F ‘ Bb ‘ F ‘ % What I Like About You, Cherry Cherry, etc. Another cool progression in F: NOTE: The A7 is substituted for the Am. There are many songs that use this progression, from Fly Me To The Moon, to Europa to Still Got The Blues For You. Each of those are in different keys. Count this as 123 123 Gm ‘’ ‘’’ C7 ‘’ ‘’’ etc. 32 [: Gm C7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Em7b5 A7 Dm Dm7 This is a SWEET progression! Gm C7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Em7b5 ‘ A7 ‘ Dm Dm7 :] % Dm9 If you arpeggiate it, you’ll end up playing this bad boy for HOURS! OK, one more, but not all the chords are in F. And the song is actually in C (Am) You play G not Gm, and A & A7 instead of Am & Am7. But in F (Dm) it would be like this. Arpeggiate the chords! Guess the song! When you figure it out, drop me an email with the name of the song! wayneknazek1949@gmail.com 33 Dm F G Bb Dm F A A7 Dm F G Bb Dm A Dm A A7 Dm Dm DmMaj7 ~ One more tool to add to your arsenal! Transposing! There’s an easy way to change the key from one you’re not familiar with, to one you know really well! Example: All of the exercises and progressions above! Once you have them nailed in F, transpose them into another key, and practice all of them! Just go a step at a time! And transpose all of the above. This is a GREAT WAY to learn more keys, and to develop your transposing skills! What you do is print out this Chromatic Scale. You can right click on the graphic, save it as a file, then open it in something like Microsoft Paint (included in the software). Then either print it out, or have it open on your PC or laptop. You can just write it out as well! Be sure to go 2 full octaves! You’ll see why in a bit! Also, you need to write it out in sharps and flats! You’ll need BOTH! C C# D D# EF F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# EF F# G G# A A# BC C Db D Eb EF Gb G Ab A Bb BC Db D Eb EF Gb G Ab A Bb BC Write out all of the chords in any progression or song you want to transpose. Let’s use one of the progressions from above. 1624. F Dm Gm C One thing you need to know is whether a key you’re going to has sharps or flats! C has none! E F# G A D & B have sharps. F Gb Ab Db Eb have flats. So you wrote out F Dm Gm C C7. Let’s say you want to transpose this to the key of A. F has 1 flat, Bb. But A has sharps! So use the sharp scale! Count UP from F (the key you’re in) to A (The key you want to be in!) How many half steps is it? 4! F > Gb G Ab A So you will add 4 half steps to each chord in the key you’re in now. C Db D Eb EF Gb G Ab A Bb BC Db D Eb EF Gb G Ab A Bb BC C C# D D# EF F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# EF F# G G# A A# BC F becomes A F > F# G G# A Dm becomes F#m Dm > D#m Em Fm F#m Gm becomes Bm Gm > G#m Am A#m Bm C becomes E C > C# D D# E C7 becomes E7 C7 > C#7 D7 D#7 E7 So F Dm Gm C in F becomes A F#m Bm E (E7) in A! This is a cool way to get started! But here’s how you should really do it! 2 WAYS! For someone still in the learning process . . . You have a progression, or list of chords. You want to go from F to A. So . . . Write out the chords in F, and number them. F=1 Dm=6 Gm=2 C=5 Write out an A major chord scale! And number them! 1=A 2=Bm 3=C#m 4=D 5=E 6=F#m 7=G#dim So, what is a 1624 in A? A F#m Bm E The best way! Once you practice this, over and over, you’re going to be able to do this in your head. In time, you’ll be able to count in your head. And/or, you’ll eventually be able to recall, or work out any major scale in your head. You learn the pattern, and apply it. Every major scale has the same pattern. The intervals between the notes are the same for all keys. Whole step Whole Step Half Step Whole, Whole Whole Half. WWH WWWH So pick a note. Let’s do G. if you memorize the chromatic scale, this is really easy! G up a whole step is A. Up a whole is B. Up a half is C up a whole is D. Up a whole is E. Up a whole is F#. Up a half is G. G A B C D E F# G 145 is GCD. 1625 is G Em Am D. Some people really prefer just using a transposition chart. That works as well! OK, that’s it for this tutorial. Hope you dug it! 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