studiologic wrote:another point about music theory...
in the key of C maj... you know Dmin usually resolves to G maj.... you know G maj usually resolves back to the root or E min... you know that Emin usually resolves to A min... Amin usually resolves to F maj... Fmag usually resolves to Bdim...
You mean "Gmaj usually resolves back to the
Tonic."
A "root" is the designation for a pitch that is a chord member (i.e. Root, 3rd, 5th, 7th, etc.). Every chord has a root. People who say "root" when they mean "Tonic" (the I chord) probably read a paragraph of music theory and then think they know what they're talking about.
Also, your list of resolutions in general is a bit wacky. While some of them may be "usual" there are certainly other resolution that are just as "usual" and some that are more common that you haven't listed. Like Am moving to Dm (descending 5th progression).
studiologic wrote:my main instrument is the drums... but i took lessons to learn music theory... i was taught the song Autumn Leaves... Autumn Leaves is about 80% of all western music... you take any 2, 3, 4, 5 chords in a row from the chord progression of Autumn Leaves... you will have 80% of all western music...
in conclusion, yes one could trial and error to learn this... but why... just learn Autumn Leaves and the scales/modes of the key you are working in... for me... i learned Autumn Leaves in every key and the scales/modes of all the keys... then you could get fancy... and just play Pentonic/Blues Pentonic scales over those Autumn Leaves progressions...
Psst… guess what?
The chord progression of Autumn Leaves is a Diatonic Cycle of 5ths.
"Learned" indeed…