Or perhaps it’s because D minor chord progressions have a tough time building suspense, unlike those of other minor keys — or like the irony-laden major-key composition of “Everybody Hurts.” ...

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 3 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 10, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Jazz in Long Form articles ...

In that it is the only way within a key to write a 3 chord progression containing only major chords. Any additional chords must by default be minor or diminished. How Is I-IV-V Used?

Step 3: Let’s bring about the change of key by inserting a D minor chord at the end of our G minor section, and continuing the same progression in the new key of Am. The same VI - iv - i progression ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...

Altered chords also work well in non-diatonic progressions. In this F minor track, the progression in bars 1-8 is Fm7 (F-Ab-C-Eb), Abm7 (Ab-B-Eb-Gb). The Abm7 is non-diatonic, it doesn’t belong to the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...