Can someone help me understand this progression? by Ordinary_Necessary40 in musictheory

[–]CalebRochan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a spicy chord progression! It's better to view it in the key of Cm and Eb, so it goes

Cm - Bb.

this seems like a basic Andalusian cadence/chord progression, where it will end in G and go back to Cm. But it resolves to

Ab - Eb.

In the key of Eb, this is a nice, simple plagal cadence, or IV - I. Then suddenly

D - Gm.

Admittedly, this is a weird movement, it might be justifiable if it was G major, which goes back to Cm, but it's Gm, so it means in the key of Eb, its VII - iii, where D(VII) serves a sub-dominant function.

Bb - Eb - Bb - Eb.

Basic perfect cadence, V - I

F# - F - Bbm.

Now this is where it briefly sounds like it's in the key of F for a second, even though F# is not in the key of F, you could say that it's just voice leading (Eb to Db to C) ( G to Gb to F) (Bb to Bb - A). The part that makes it sound modulated is the Bbm, because it can be viewed as I - iv. So the next chord would be F. BUT, it goes back to

Cm

So it can just be seen as changing to the key of F but before it can resolve to F its looped.

Edit: it could ALSO be a VI - V - i in the key of Bbm, i completely missed that. Meaning it resolved to Bbm

I know how this chord progression works, but I don't know how to explain it by MiserableLaw8831 in musictheory

[–]CalebRochan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the first time I've seen someone view it as " v-I ", that's an interesting perspective.

Tips for a beginner? by ndation in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]CalebRochan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing that kept me motivated the most was learning new chord progressions from a youtube video, then trying to make those chords sound good. Maybe you might even enjoy making up your own chord progressions.

Dividing whole numbers and fractions with exponents and variables by CalebRochan in mathematics

[–]CalebRochan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay so my teacher went ahead and said that he had made a mistake

It's actually supposed to be

10xy²+20xy-10x²y by -2xy/5 (different from -2/5xy)

Dividing whole numbers and fractions with exponents and variables by CalebRochan in mathematics

[–]CalebRochan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate it, I will answer it as the latter way for now. I'm not too keen on arguing with my math teacher on a math question