EDM Chord Progressions Cheat Sheet Interval Chart Diatonic Chord Qualities INTERVAL NAME SEMITONE MAJOR KEY QUALIT
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EDM Chord Progressions Cheat Sheet
Interval Chart
Diatonic Chord Qualities
INTERVAL NAME
SEMITONE
MAJOR KEY
QUALITY
Unison Minor Second Major Second Minor Third Major Third Perfect Fourth Tritone Perfect Fifth Minor Sixth Major Sixth Minor Seventh Major Seventh Octave
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Major Minor Minor Major Major Minor Diminished
MINOR KEY
QUALITY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Minor Diminished Major Minor Minor Major Major
Chord Formulas
Diatonic Seventh Chords
CHORD NAME
FORMULA
MAJOR KEY
QUALITY
Major Minor Diminished Sus2 Sus4 Augmented Major Seventh Minor Seventh Dominant Seventh Half Diminished Seventh Diminished Seventh
1-3-5 1-b3-5 1-b3-b5 1-2-5 1-4-5 1-3-#5 1-3-5-7 1-b3-5-b7 1-3-5-b7 1-b3-b5-b7 1-b3-b5-bb7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Major 7th Minor 7th Minor 7th Major 7th Dominant 7th Minor 7th HalfDiminished 7th
MINOR KEY
QUALITY
1 2
Minor 7th HalfDiminished 7th Major 7th Minor 7th Minor 7th Major 7th Dominant 7th
3 4 5 6 7
Popular Major Progressions
Chord Motion Charts
I - V - vi - IV I - IV - V I - vi - IV - V I - vi - ii - V I - V - vi - iii - IV I - iii - IV - V
Popular Minor Progressions i - VI - VII i - III - iv - v i - VI - III - VII i - v - VI i - iv - v VI - iv - v - i
Extra Resources EDMProd musictheory.net Hook Theory Harmony for Computer Musicians by Michael Hewitt
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Bonus Tips Download MIDI of your favourite tracks and analyze them, or at least try recreating them Use + or - 5 or 7 semitones on oscillators to get a more harmonic sound Learn the rules, then break them Try splitting your chord progressions between different sounds Chords form the basis of your track, so make sure you nail them before moving onto less important parts, like mixing and sound design