12 tone Progression

[Musicologo]

I want progressions that flows through all the notes of the chromatic scale, and that still are "useful" to wear in a pop song.

I made one:


[do2, sol2, do3, mib3, sol3] = Cm

[lab1, solb, do, mib, lab] = Ab7

[sol1, sol, re, fa, si] = G7

[mi2, sol#, re, mi, si] = E7

[la2, mi, la, do] = Am

[mib2, sol, reb, sol, sib, reb] = Eb7

[re2, fa#, do, fa#, do, re] = D7

[reb2, fa, dob, fa, la, reb] = Db7

[solb2, reb, fab, solb, sib, reb] = Gb7

[sib1, lab, fa, re] = Bb7

[dob(=si1), solb, solb, mib] = Cb

[fa2, la, mib, la, fa] = F7

[sib1, fa, re, sib, fa] = Bb

I then used this chords in a Portuguese march (I added new ones for the intro, and repeated some in the middle):

Marcha de todos os tons

In conclusion: A popular song that uses ALL chords in the chromatic scales.

Any more suggestions?

Can anyone give more progressions like this to be used in another songs?

I find it challenging to create songs that passes to "everywhere".

[jancivil]

Gonna be like Jesus, teach you how to fish.

Take a song from say a Broadway show.

Look for the thing we call ii-V-I in the changes.

let's say: D minor(7) to G7 to C. flat the fifth of that middle chord. Put that note, Db, in the bass.

vertically, bottom note is the bass note:

A G G
F F E
C B C
D Db C

now, find out how that chord 'C' relates to another chord as if it's that chord's 'ii' chord.
IE: to a Bb chord. or, something very similar, say another D minor. (I'm assuming you understand transposition; I'm showing you relationships, not literally these chords necessarily.) Substitute that like you're moving right along, in a falling 4ths relationship.

G G F F
F F Eb D#
C B Bb A
D Db C B

et cetera.

[trewq]

Two adjacent 7th chords 1/2 step apart is a little too chromatic for my taste, plus they won't fit any 7 tone scale, having 8 notes altogether. If you make A7 just A, then the first 3 chords will be C Harmonic minor, or if G7 is G, then it will be G Double Harmonic. But G7 and E7 are ok and will fit a C Harmonic Major. Its just a problem to my ears when two adjacent chords take up 8 notes or more, but that's just me I guess.

[tapper mike]

For solo performance
Flight of the bumble bee
Solo from 25 or 6 to four - Chicago

For a fluid chromatic approach check out Chicago's Colour My World