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jee_pack · Post by **jee_pack** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:28 pm

Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to creatively make different chord progressions just for the fun of it. Just a simple chord progression over 4 mesures. Not in any specific mode, I'm exploring everything to see if I can come up with a cool one.

I haven't set up any kind of rules or anything to keep the creativity as free as possible. But I seem to have decided to start the chord progression with a first inversion chord all the time (root position). Then I would use inversion on the other one to have all the chords close together on the keyboard.

Is this non-sens or does it actually make sens to always start the progression with a root position chord when trying to find a new good progression?

Toxikator · Post by **Toxikator** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:32 pm

It's not uncommon to start with the tonic chord in root position, as it establishes key.

If the passage does NOT start with this chord, it's TYPICALLY an anacrusis, though not always.

jee_pack · Post by **jee_pack** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:38 pm

thanks for the reply, your probably right, I thought it helped to use the root position to start.... but hey? what the ****** is an anacrusis?

Toxikator · Post by **Toxikator** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:56 pm

An anacrusis is like a half-measure (or some other-sized fragment)that occurs BEFORE the first downbeat.

Like so: Anacrusis. Listen to the first "G" powerchord.

jee_pack · Post by **jee_pack** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:10 pm

thanks

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:44 pm

jee_pack wrote:I seem to have decided to start the chord progression with a first inversion chord all the time (root position).

Huh? - The chord is either in first inversion or it's in root position; it can't be both!

Toxikator wrote:It's not uncommon to start with the tonic chord in root position, as it establishes key.

If the passage does NOT start with this chord, it's TYPICALLY an anacrusis, though not always.

An anacrusis is a melodic thing, not a harmonic thing. While your statement may be true in practise, it may be confusing to explain it as such.

Lagrange · Post by **Lagrange** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:03 pm

Good info!

jee_pack · Post by **jee_pack** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:23 pm

JumpingJackFlash wrote: Huh? - The chord is either in first inversion or it's in root position; it can't be both!

HAHA your right, I knew what I was thinking about, sorry to all those out there who might have been confused by this little error.... thanks for correcting me

Chord progression and chord inversion