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Chord progression · minor keys

The Minor ii V i progression in all 12 keys

The same falling fifths with a darker colour: a half diminished ii, a dominant borrowed from harmonic minor, and a minor tonic. Also called "minor 2 5 1".

How it moves, in A minor

  1. iiø7
  2. E7V7
  3. Am7i7
  • Bm7♭5 to E72 voices hold, 2 move, 6 semitones of motion in all.
  • E7 to Am71 voice holds, 3 move, 8 semitones of motion in all.

It ends on a authentic cadence.

In every minor key

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