Using Pedal Tones in Diatonic Chord Progressions Part III

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Using the C natural minor scale and its family of chords do the following progressions.
Low tones on left to higher tones on right. The last note in chord will be the pedal tone.
Play as chords or arpeggio style.
C, Eb, G C minor
Bb, Eb, G Eb major second inversion
Ab, Eb, G Ab major seventh - incomplete
G, D, G G major - incomplete
(i, III, VI, v progression)


Ab, C, Eb, Ab Ab major
F, C, F, Ab F minor
Eb, Bb, Eb, Ab Eb major sus4
Eb, Bb, Eb, G Eb major
(VI, iv, IIIsus4, III progression) pedal tone is not used in last chord so chord may resolve.


F, Ab, C F minor
Eb, Ab, C A flat major second inversion
D, F, C D minor seventh flat fifth - incomplete
(iv, VImaj7, ii7b5, progression)


C, G, C C minor - incomplete
C, G, Bb C minor seventh - incomplete
C, F, Ab F minor
C, Eb, G C minor
(i, i7, iv, i progression) pedal tone is lowest note in this example (C).


G, Bb, D G minor
F, Bb, D B flat major second inversion
Eb, Ab, D Ab major sharp eleventh second inversion - incomplete
D, G, D G minor - incomplete
(v, VII, VI#11, v progression)


Now repeat all example ten times. Then move by half step intervals higher in tone (C#) then increase metronome to 110 BPM. Do this by half steps (chromatic scale) to
D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb and B increasing speed by ten BPM for each ascending key.









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





















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