Voice Leading Part XVII - 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.




The following examples will all be in C major (4 note chords) using Normal Progressions:
Ascending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)
C, E, G, B (C major seventh)
C, F, G, B (C major seventh suspended fourth)
C, F#, A, C (D seventh - third inversion)
B, G, B, D (G dominant seventh - first inversion) incomplete
B, F, B, D# (G dominant seventh augmented - second inversion) incomplete
C, G, B, E (C major seventh)
Imaj7, Imaj7sus4, IIV, V7, V7+, Imaj7 progression.


Sometimes the 5th or 3rd (or root) of a chord is omitted often called "incomplete".




E, G, C, E (C major - first inversion)
E, G#, C, E (C major augmented - first inversion)
F, A, C, E (F major seventh)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, B, D#, G (G dominant seventh augmented - third inversion)
G, C, E, B (C major seventh - second inversion)
Imaj7, Imaj7+, IVmaj7, V7, V7+, Imaj7 progression.


C, G, B, E (C major seventh)
Db, G, B, E (C sharp minor seventh flat five)
D, G, B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
E, B, C#, G (C sharp minor seventh flat five - first inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, B, Eb, G (G dominant seventh augmented - third inversion)
G, C, E, C (C major - second inversion)
Imaj7, bii7b5, V7, Imaj7, bii7b5, V7, V7+, Imaj7 progression.


E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
F, B, C, G (C major seventh suspended fourth - first inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, B, D#, G (G dominant seventh augmented - third inversion)
G, C, E, A (A minor seventh - third inversion)
A, E, F, C (F major seventh - first inversion)
Imaj7, Imaj7sus4, V7, V7+, vi7, IVmaj7, progression.


F, A, C. E (F major seventh)
A, E, G, C (A minor seventh)
A, E, G, C# (A dominant seventh)
A, F, C, D, (D minor seventh - second inversion)
A#, F#, C, D (D dominant seventh augmented - second inversion)
D, G. B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
E, B, C, G (C major seventh - first inversion)
IVmaj7, vi7, VI7, ii7, II7, V7, Imaj7 progression.


C, E, G, B (C major seventh)
C, E, G#, C (C augmented)
C, F, A, E (F major seventh - second inversion)
D, A, C, F (D minor seventh)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, B, D#, G (G dominant seventh augmented - third inversion)
G, D, E, B (E minor seventh - first inversion)
G, D, F, B (G dominant seventh)
G, E, A, C (A minor seventh - third inversion)
G, E, A, C# (A dominant seventh - third inversion)
A, F, C, E (F major seventh - first inversion)
C, B, E, G (C major seventh)
Imaj7, Imaj7+, IVmaj7, ii7, V7, V7+, iii7, V7, vi7, VI7, IVmaj7, Imaj7 progression.







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



















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