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Blackjack extended progression

🔗jpehrson2 <jpehrson@rcn.com>

12/9/2001 9:20:25 PM

Well, I hope we all have our "listening ears" on again, since I'm
about to post a more "extended" Blackjack progression.

I hope everybody's hearing is as exact as last time... since, of
course, I could have made mistakes again...

However, I believe I checked my work this time... :)

The progression will be posted as an .mp3 in my "Pehrson" directory
of the files section, for your listening pleasure..

In the last Blackjack progression that I posted, once, that is, I got
it right, there was a combination of "magic chord," (like a
French augmented sixth), "Ramos-inspired" chord, built on
thirds, a
utonal tetrad and, finally, resolution on an otonal tetrad.

It occurred to me, that it might be interesting to continue extending
this progression, which I liked, and I thought that maybe I'd
extend the resolution tetrad with another "Ramos" and go from
there…

Dave Keenan, though, had a more systematic progression that I also
happened to like, which presented the same four chord progression
riding through the chain of secors.

Here is the notation of this progression. For this example I am
using both the "standard" C-G-D-A Blackjack notation and
my "personal" F-C-G notation, which my synth is still set to.
The F-C-G notation is just included for my future reference…

"Extended Blackjack progression:"

1)STD___C#v:G:Bv:F<
__FCG___D>:A[:C>:Gb^

2)STD_______G:Bv:D:F#v
__FCG______A[:C>:E[:G>

3)STD_________Bv:D:F#v:Ab^
__FCG_________C>:E[:G>:Bb<

4)STD______________F#v:Ab^:C:Eb^
__FCG_______________G>:Bb<:D[:F<

5)STD_______________F#v:Ab^:C:D
__FCG_______________G>:Bb<:D[:E[

6)STD__________________Ab^:C:Eb^:G
__FCG__________________Bb<:D[:F<:A[

7)STD______________________C:Eb^:G:A>
__FCG______________________D[:F<:A[:Bv

8)STD____________________________G:A>:Db^:E>
__FCG____________________________A[:Bv:Eb<:Gbv

9)STD____G:A>:Db^:Eb^
__FCG____A[:Bv:Eb<:F<

10)STD______A>:Db^:E>:Ab^
___FCG______Bv:Eb<:Gbv:Bb<

11)STD_________Db^:E>:Ab^:B[
___FCG_________Eb<:Gbv:Bb<:C

12)STD_________________Ab^:B[:D>:F]
___FCG_________________Bb<:C:Ev:G

13)STD_________________Ab^:B[:D>:E>
___FCG_________________Bb<:C:Ev:Gbv

14)STD_____________________B[:D>:F]:A>
___FCG_____________________C:Ev:G:Bv

15)STD_______________________D>:F]:A>:C<
___FCG_______________________Ev:G:Bv:Db^

16)STD____________________________A>:C<:E[:G<
___FCG____________________________Bv:Db^:F:Ab^

Joseph Pehrson