CIRCLE OF FOURTH AND CIRCLE OF FIFTH (things you must know about them) (part 3)

CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS on ii – V – I PROGRESSIONS FORMING THE CIRCLE OF FOURTH AND FIFTH

            I hope you had a very great practice on the previous lessons. If you have not check it yet  click here. therefore, don’t read this lesson without the previous lessons which is the introductory part.

 I want to quick give out chord substitutions that will make you sound like a professional when you are playing this circles.

We are actually learning this on the key of C. I will be showing the other chord substitution   open voicing of the ii – V – I progressions in the diatonic scale of the key of C

1.         iii – vi – ii ( E, A, D)

Chord progressions	p	Chord		Chord substitutions		Open voicing chord
iii	E	E minor	E G B	G maj	G B D G	G maj	G   D
vi	A	A minor	A C E	G maj7	G B D G♭	A dom	G   C♯
ii	D	D minor	D F A	F maj	F A C F	F maj	F    C

Play any of these chords and you will see how they sound

2.         v – I – IV (G, C, F)

Chord progressions	p	Chords		Chords substitutions		Open voicing chord
v	G	G minor	G B♭D	B♭maj	B♭D F B♭	B♭maj	B♭ F
I	C	C major	C E G	C maj7	C E G B	C dom	B♭ E
IV	F	F major	F A C	F maj	F A C F	F maj7	A   E

3.         vii – iii – vi (B, E, A)

Chord progressions	p	Chords		Chords substitutions		Open voicing chord
vii	B	B dim	B D F	B dim♭7	B D F A	D min	D  A
iii	E	E minor	E G B	E dom	E A♭B D	E dom	D  A♭
vi	A	A minor	A C E	A minor	A C E A	C maj	C  E

4.         #iv – vii – iii (F^#, B, E)

Chord progressions	p	Chords		Chords substitutions		Open voicing chord
#iv	F♯	F min	F♯A C♯	A maj	A C♯ E A	A maj	A  E
vii	B	B maj	B E♭ F♯	A maj7	A C♯ E A♭	B dom	A  E♭
iii	E	E min	E G B	G maj	G B D G	G maj	G  D

Play any of these chords and you will see how they sound

ILLUSTRATION

Song: How Great is our GOD (artist: Chris Tomlin)

Progression:  I I I I /     I I I I/    vi vi vi vi/         vi vi vi vi /        iv iv iv iv /        v v v v /            I I I I/

                        1              2             3                         4                         5                     6                     7

I will give a how to substitute the progression with circles of fourth or fifth as it may applies to you.

Note: play  each bar according to the number of times the progression appear

The circle I am going to use in this song is v – I – IV in  the progression as I rewrite it for prefect understanding of how to use the it.

Progression:  I I I I /     I I I I/    vi vi vi vi/         vi vi v I /          IV IV IV IV /     V V V V /          I I I I/

                        1            2             3                     4                         5                    6                   7

Whoa! I believe its amazing discovering how the circle of fifth sound using it in songs
other illustrations are revealed in this video watch now.

Thanks I hope this helps

Next time: how to substitute the circle with diatone and tri tone