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Essentials elements (pdf document)

Éléments essentiels (document pdf)

Préliminaires

cycle of fifths - triads - LAPTOP FORMAT

cycle of fifths - triads - CELL FORMAT

cycle of fifths - sevenths - LAPTOP FORMAT

cycle of fifths - sevenths - CELL FORMAT

cycle of fifths - triads [guitar] - CELL FORMAT

cycle of fifths - sevenths [guitar] - CELL FORMAT

cycle of fifths - secondary dominants

cycle quintes - dominantes secondaires


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Cycle of fifths song examples --- Des exemples de chansons utilisant le cycle des quintes
I Will Survive by Gloria Gainer, verse, 1979
Hotel California by The Eagles, 1977

Canon in D by Johan Pachelbel, 1842
D    A    Bdim    F#m    G    D    G    A

Sherry by 4 Seasons, verse, 1962
C    E7   A7   D7   G7   C
Sherry, Lyrics & chords

Still The Same by Bob Seger, chorus, 1978
C    E   A   Dm   G-G7-G6-G   C
Still The Same, Lyrics & chords

Be My Baby by The Ronettes, verse, 1963
E7    A7   D7   G7  
Be My Baby, Lyrics & chords

The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles, verse, 1970
Em    Am   Dm7   G7   C  
The Long And Winding Road, Lyrics & chords

Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel, verse, 1968
A7   D7   G7   C  
Mrs Robinson, Lyrics & chords

Crocodile Rock by Elton John, verse, 1973
Am   D   G   C  
Crocodile Rock, Lyrics & chords

Wild World by Cat Stevens, verse, 1971
Am   D7   G   Cmaj7-F-Dm-E  
Wild World, Lyrics & chords

No Matter What by Badfinger, chorus, 1970
Am7   D7   G7   C7  
No Matter What, Lyrics & chords

I Say A Little Prayer For You by Dion Warwick - Burt Bacharach & Hal David, verse, 1967
Am7   Dm7   G7   C  
I Say A Little Prayer, Lyrics & chords

Yesterday, When I Was Young by Roy Clark, verse, 1969
Dm7   G7   Cmaj7   F-Bm7b5-E7-Am  
Yesterday When I Was Young, Lyrics & chords

Still Got The Blues For You by Gary Moore, 1990
Dm7   G11   Cmaj7   Fmaj7-Bm7b5-E7-Am  
Still Got The Blues For You, Lyrics & chords

reference: Chord Progressions For Songwriters by Michael J. Scott, 2003, Writers Club Press