Voice Leading Part XV - with chromatic passing tones

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Chromatic passing tones are notes outside of the scale - non diatonic.
Adds nice color and tension to voice leading.


Normal Progression:
Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.
This can be ascending or descending.


Examples are in C major (3 note chords) using Normal Progressions:
Ascending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)
These chords are all created from the C Major Scale: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
C, E, G (C major)
C, E G#, (C augmented) augmented is same thing as sharp fifth
C, F, A (F major)
C, F, A# (F suspended fourth)
D, G, B (G major - second inversion)
E, G, C (C major - first inversion)
I, IV+, IV, IVsus4, V, I progression.


E, G, C (C major - first inversion)
E, G#, C (C augmented - first inversion)
F, A, C (F major)
F, A#, C (F suspended sharp fourth)
G, B, D (G major)
G, C, E (C major - second inversion)
I, IV+, IV, IVsus4, V, I progression.


C, E, G (C major)
C#,E, G (C major flat ninth)
D, G, B (G major - second inversion)
D#, G, B (G major augmented - second inversion)
E, G, C (C major - first inversion)
F, G, C (C suspended fourth - first inversion)
G, B, D (G major)
G, C, E (C major - second inversion)
I, Ib9, V, V+, I, Isus4, V, I progression.



C, E, G (C major)
C, F#, G (C suspended sharp fourth) sometimes
called sharp eleventh or flat fifth
D, G, B (G major - second inversion)
D, G#, B (G major flat ninth - second inversion)
E, A, C (A minor - second inversion)
F, A, C (F major)
I, Isus#4, V, Vb9, vi, IV, progression.


F, A, C (F major)
A, C, E (A minor)
A, C#, E (A major)
A, D, F (D minor- second inversion)
A#, D, F (D minor augmented -second inversion)
B, D, G (G major - first inversion)
C, D, G (G major suspended fourth - first inversion)
C, E, G (C major)
IV, vi, VImaj, ii, ii+, V, Vsus4, I progression.


C, E, G (C major)
C, F, A (F major - second inversion)
D, F, A (D minor)
D, F, A# (D minor augmented)
D, G, B (G major - second inversion)
E, G, B (E minor)
E, G, C (E minor augmented)
E, A, C (A minor - second inversion)
F, A, C (F major)
G, C, E (C major - second inversion)
I, IV, ii, ii+, V, iii, iii+, vi, IV, I progression.


C, E, G (C major)
C, E, G# (C major augmented)
C, E, A (A minor - first inversion)
D, F, A (D minor)
D, F, A# (D minor augmented)
D, F, B (B diminished - first inversion)
E, G, B (E minor)
E, G, C (C major - first inversion)
F, A, C (F major)
F, A, D (D minor - first inversion)
F, A#, D (D minor augmented - first inversion)
G, B, D (G major)
G, C, E (C major - second inversion)
I, I+, vi, ii, ii+, viio, iii, I, IV, ii, ii+, V, I progression.









Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.









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