Common progressions in popular music II

The Jazz Progression(ii7-V7-I)
This is the most common progression in jazz by far. Almost every song in jazz uses this multiple times. There are whole songs built on nothing but this progression. Of course it can be used for all types of music, but it is THE jazz progression. It is also often used to change keys.

 
The Minor Jazz progression(ii7b5-V7-i) 
This is the same as above, but in a minor key. It sounds darker it's often combines with the above progression to form whole songs. This is a good way to transition from a major key into the minor key smoothly. It not only sounds good, but it's useful.

The Carlos Santana secret chord progression(ii-V7)
This is the same as the jazz progression, but without the last chord. These 2 chords can repeat indefinitely and as long as you have a nice rhythm to go with it people won't get bored. This is named after the Frank Zappa song of the same name. I wonder how Carlos felt about Frank exposing his secret. On another note this is a popular way to produce a dorian progression.

(sorry I forgot the chord symbols. They're Dm7 and G7)

The School dance progression(I-vi-IV-V)
This progression is a staple of 50's and 60's pop music, especially ballads. That said it can still be used now as long and you use modern instruments and rhythms. Play it in 12/8 to really bring out that school dance feel. This is a great progression for major keys and can hold the interest of people without becoming boring.

Dramatic pop turnaround(IV-iv-I)
This is usually used in the middle of a song when you need something dramatic to take you into the next section. It's a bit cliche, but effective. This isn't one of those progressions you play over and over again it's just a little something you can add for some spice.

 (check 2:51)

Minor line cliche(i-imaj7-i7-i6)
This is used in a variety of songs and its very effective when you want to stay on one minor chord for a while, but don't want to bore people to death. Tons of famous songs use this. Throw this in during long droning minor chords to keep people from falling asleep.The basic idea is that one note moves down chromatically(in this case the top note).

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