{"id":494,"count":50,"description":"Chord progressions - the movement from one chord to another - is the harmonic bedrock of music. \r\n\r\nCertain sequences of chords are used more often than others, which is part of what we take for granted as music sounding \"normal\". Ear training can help you to recognise chord changes and common chord progressions by ear so that you can write them down, play them on your instrument, or solo over the top of them. \r\n\r\nParticular chord changes tend to have characteristic uses, and learning their sounds is very empowering as a musician. For example, a chord change such as the \"perfect cadence\" can create a strong sense of resolution, or in the hands of Richard Wagner can take the listener in unsettling new directions. \r\n\r\nSome genres such as the blues are even defined by their characteristic progressions, while hip-hop, and drum'n'bass are notable for their lack of harmonic movement.\r\n\r\nThough a musician is free to string together any chords to create their own chord progressions, Western music typically follows particular rules and traditions of harmony that result in the familiar musical sounds we all know instinctively just through regularly listening to music.\tThis means there are some particularly effective ways to organise chords, and a number of classic chord sequences such as the \"three chord trick<\/a>\", the \"circle of fifths\" and the \"doo wop progression\".\r\n\r\nThis allows you to:\r\n\r\n