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    This document discusses harmonic circle progressions, which are chord progressions that move through all 12 chromatic notes in the bass line by perfect fourths. It provides examples of 3-voice and 4-voice harmonic circle progressions using common chords like I, IV, and V7. More advanced exercises are described where interior voices descend chromatically and the left hand plays harmonic shells while the right hand adds notes like 13 or 9. A final 5-voice example with a rich sound is also included.

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    This document discusses harmonic circle progressions, which are chord progressions that move through all 12 chromatic notes in the bass line by perfect fourths. It provides examples of 3-voice and 4-voice harmonic circle progressions using common chords like I, IV, and V7. More advanced exercises are described where interior voices descend chromatically and the left hand plays harmonic shells while the right hand adds notes like 13 or 9. A final 5-voice example with a rich sound is also included.

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    This document discusses harmonic circle progressions, which are chord progressions that move through all 12 chromatic notes in the bass line by perfect fourths. It provides examples of 3-voice and 4-voice harmonic circle progressions using common chords like I, IV, and V7. More advanced exercises are described where interior voices descend chromatically and the left hand plays harmonic shells while the right hand adds notes like 13 or 9. A final 5-voice example with a rich sound is also included.

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    Harmonic Circles 2

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    This document discusses harmonic circle progressions, which are chord progressions that move through all 12 chromatic notes in the bass line by perfect fourths. It provides examples of 3-voice and 4-voice harmonic circle progressions using common chords like I, IV, and V7. More advanced exercises are described where interior voices descend chromatically and the left hand plays harmonic shells while the right hand adds notes like 13 or 9. A final 5-voice example with a rich sound is also included.

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    The passage describes different exercises for practicing chord progressions, including perfect circles and their variations as well as advanced techniques using additional chord tones.

    Perfect circles are chord progressions whose bass line goes by perfect fourths through all 12 chromatic notes. They are practiced by playing seventh chords or II-V progressions over the circle. Interior voices descend chromatically.

    Advanced exercises add shells in the left hand with 1 and 7 or 3 while the right hand plays additional chord tones like 3, 7, 13 or 9. Interior voices continue descending chromatically for a jazzy sound.

    Harmonic Circles

    Chromatic or Perfect Circle:


    Chromatic or Perfect Circle is a chord progression whose bass line goes by perfect fourths, through all 12 chromatic sounds. C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F#, B, E, A, D, G, C. Practice this exercise over perfect circle in seventh chords progression. Notice that here first and second voices descend by semitones.

    & .. b ? .. b
    I7

    3 VOICES

    V7 progression

    IV 7

    bVII 7 bIII 7

    b b b

    bVI 7 bII 7

    b b b

    #IV 7

    # n # #

    VII 7

    # n
    III 7

    VI 7

    # n
    II 7

    V7

    I M7

    w w w

    .. ..

    Other exercise with II V progression: Here first voice descends by tone, and second voice by semitone.

    & b ? b

    3 VOICES II V progression

    I m7

    IV 7

    bVII m7 bIII 7

    b b b

    bVI m7 bII 7

    b b b

    #IV m7

    # #

    VII 7

    III m7 VI 7

    II m7

    V7

    I M7

    w w w

    Advanced exercises:
    When you have mastered perfect circles, practice these advanced exercises, for a more jazzy sound. Left hand works in shells, 1 and 7 or 3. Right plays 3 or 7 and adds 13 or 9. Interior voices descend chromatically.

    Harmonic Circles

    & b ? b
    I7

    4 VOICES V7 progression

    IV 7

    bVII 7 bIII 7

    b b

    b b b

    bVI 7 bII 7

    b b

    # # n
    #IV 7

    b b b

    # #

    VII 7

    # n
    III 7

    VI 7

    # n
    II 7

    V7

    I M7

    w w w w

    & b ? b
    I 13

    4 VOICES 13th & 9th progression

    IV 9

    bVII 13 bIII 9

    b b b

    bVI 13 bII 9

    bb

    ## n#
    #IV 13

    b b b

    # #

    VII 9

    ## n #

    III 13 VI 9

    II 13

    # n

    V9

    I 13

    w w

    bw w

    Now practice a nice exercise in 5 voices with a very rich sound. In this exercise right hand descends by semitones in three paralel voices. Left works with harmonic shells. You have 4 voices descending chromatically, and bass progressing by perfect circle. It sounds jazzy.

    Harmonic Circles

    & .. ? .. b
    I 13

    b#
    IV 7alt

    bVII 13

    b# b

    b b

    bIII 7alt

    bVI 13

    b b b

    bII 7alt

    bbb b b

    bV 13


    VII 7alt

    & # # ?

    III 13

    nnb #

    VI 7alt

    II 13

    #nb

    V 7alt

    I 13

    w w w

    .. ..

    bw w

    Good luck and enjoy Harmonic Circles.

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