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The b3, 2, b2 Chord Progression Turnaround

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What Is a Chord Progression Turnaround?

Good morning this is Duane and today we’re going to take a look at the bIII to II to bII  chord progression turnaround . It’s both a chord progression but it’s also a turnaround and that’s how it’s usually used but you can use it both senses. What it is is say you’re playing in a key in C and you come to a break in a song. Let’s say you’re playing Blue Moon, that’s the turnaround.

When I came to the end of the phrase, “Someone I really could care for,” now we turnaround, we go from the I chord to the bIII chord to the II chord to the bII chord.  Let’s just take it in basic triads. If I’m in the key of C it will be like this, C, E flat, D, D flat, and it could use any form of those. It could be C,  E flat minor, D minor, D flat minor – it just depends on the sequence.

Now, that’s the basic turnaround, the one, flat three, two, flat two, but when you voice it in fuller chords it sounds more interesting. See that, one, flat three, two, flat two, one, okay and you can use it anytime you have a turnaround. Let me explain a turnaround first of all. What is a turnaround? It’s where you have a dead space in the music where you have to come back to the same chord.

For example in Blue Moon after the first phrase we have a pause.  That’s the one chord, the  flat three chord, the two chord, the flat two turnaround chord progression. It’s a mouthful but it’s something you probably ought to know. Thanks for being with me. If you enjoy these tips come on over to playpiano.com and signup for a whole series of tips because they are free and you’ll learn a lot. Thanks and bye-bye for now.

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About Duane

Duane Shinn (that would be me) has good news for you if you want to play the piano. He (me) has little fat hands & stubby little fingers - not at all suited for playing the piano - more suited to making mud pies or some such. I am also fairly uncoordinated with just average musical ability - certainly not a great piano player. But I've learned a ton about music over the years and people tell me I'm pretty decent at explaining how music works & how to progress more rapidly on the piano. Over the years I have developed about 150 techniques for conquering the piano. Most professional pianists can do these techniques, but very few can explain them in a way people can understand. I specialize in making complex techniques simple. I invite you to watch a few of my free videos and see some of these for yourself before making any decision about taking any of my courses.

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