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Generally, successive chords in a chord progression share some notes. This provides harmonic continuity within the progression (see voice leading).

The most common chords in Western classical and pop music are based on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degrees ( tonic, subdominant and dominant); see three chord song, eight bar bluesAn eight bar blues is a typical blues chord progression, taking eight 4/4 bars to the verse. A basic example of the progression would look like this, using T to indicate the tonic, S for the subdominant, and D for the dominant, and representing one chord, and twelve bar bluesTwelve bar blues is a typical blues chord progression, taking twelve 4/4 bars to the verse. A basic example of the progression would look like this, using T to indicate the tonic, S for the subdominant, and D for the dominant, and representing one chord p. The chord based on the second scale degree is used in the most common chord progression in JazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th, ii-V-I.

Chord progressions are usually associated with a scaleIn music, a scale is an ascending or descending series of notes or pitches, as opposed to a series of intervals, which is a musical mode. Each note in a scale is referred to as a scale degree''. Though the scales from musical traditions around the world a and the noteThis article is about music. For information about money, see banknote. In music, a note is either a unit of fixed pitch that has been given a name, or the graphic representation of that pitch in a notation system, and sometimes its duration, or a specifis of each chord are usually taken from that scale. MelodiesIn music, a melody is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord. However, this succession must contain change of some kind and be perceived as a single entity (possibly gestalt) to be called a melody. Most specifically th and other parts usually comply with the chord changes in that their notes are usually taken from the chord currently playing. Notes which are not taken from the chord are called nonchord toneA nonchord tone or non-harmony note is a tone in a piece of homophonic music which is not in the chord that is formed by the other tones playing and in most cases quickly resolves to a chord tone. For example, if a piece of music is currently on a C Majors and usually resolve quickly to a chord tone.

In music of the common practice period generally only certain chord progressions are used and many of the progressions not used are not traditionally tonal.