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What comes next?
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A loop you know tells you what comes next.
After a few chords, your ear already expects the rest. This step trains that guess.
C, G, Am: what follows?
If you thought of F, the IV, you already know the loop.
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In I–V–vi–IV, which chord comes after vi?
Listen for the minor chord.
vi is the only minor chord in these loops. Where it falls tells you which loop you are hearing.
Find vi, the minor chord. Second chord: I–vi–IV–V. Third: I–V–vi–IV. First: vi–IV–I–V.
The twelve-bar blues works the same way.
After four bars of I, expect IV. After V and IV, expect I.
In the twelve-bar blues, what comes after V, then IV?
In G: G, Em, C.
That is I, vi, IV: the fifties loop. Next comes D, the V.
Find the loop first: the minor chord, or the long run of I that starts a blues.
You can hear what comes next.
What you learned
- A familiar loop lets you predict the next chord.
- Where the minor vi falls tells you which loop it is.
- The blues has its own fixed plan to follow.
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