7 SWEET CHORD

PROGRESSIONS

a collection of my favorite jazz piano sounds

- discovered over the last 10 years by Julian

Bradley

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7 of my favorite chord progressions

- demonstrated in the key of C minor -

chord progression 1a:

Piano

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Cm7

Bm7

Presented by Julian Bradley

C#m7

chord progression 1b:

Cm7

Bm7

A7

Gospel sound

chord progression 1a: (played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings)

Cm7

B#4

Bm7

A#4

C#m9

C#m7

chord progression 2a: (modified version of 'Need To Feel Loved' by Reflekt)

(key of C minor)

Fm7

(key change)

Cm7

(key of C minor)

chord progression 2b: played with Kenny Barron 11th voicings. Feel free to arpeggiate these:

Fm7

Cm7

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B#4

chord progression 3: repeating modulation pattern (goes through all 12 keys)

(Key of C minor)

Cm

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up half-step
(Key of Eb minor)

Em7

(Key of D minor)

Dm9

up maj 3rd

Gm9

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Am9

Bm9

(Key of A minor)

(Key of B minor)

F#m9

G#m7

(Key of G minor)

Bm7

(Key of G# minor)

up half-step

Em7

up maj 3rd

(Key of E minor)

(Key of Bb minor)

Fm7

(Key of F# minor)

C#m9

(Key of C# minor)

(Key of F minor)

(Key of C minor)

Cm9

chord progression 4: 'the blue lotus chord progression'

(heard in the background to many of my video intros / outros)

side-slipping

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Fm9

D7

Cm9

Gm9

Fm9

Gm9

Cm9

Dm9

Dm9

Fm9

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Cm9

Cm9

Fm9

chord progression 5: Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor - demonstrated here in C minor

Cm/C

E/C

D/C

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Dm

G7

chord progression 6: hybrid of 1 / 3

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F#m7

Bm7

C#m9

Em7

mf

up half-step up maj 3

Gm9

up maj 3
up half-step

mf

Cm7

chord progression 7: the Taxi Driver Theme by Bernard Herrmann (key of F major)

Gm9

Dm11 Em11 Dm11

side-slipping

Gm11

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