JolyMusic Progression – Twelve-bar blues in C
JolyMusic Progression – Twelve-bar blues in C · Displayed in: C · Root: C · Progression: I7 · blues tonic - I7 · tonic prolongation - IV7 · subdominant - IV7 · subdominant prolongation · Events: 12
Study the progression in its active key, transpose it when useful, and move between progression, structure, timeline, and graphical views before playing or editing.
Listen once before changing the view
- Choose the displayed key and read the progression summary.
- Use the tabs to compare progression, structure, timeline, and graphical relationships.
- Play the harmony, edit only when you understand the event structure, and return to the harmony list for another example.
Progression theory
- Roman-numeral formula
- I–I–I–I–IV–IV–I–I–V–IV–I–V
The canonical twelve-bar chorus organizes four-bar tonic, subdominant, and turnaround spans around dominant-seventh sonorities.
Hear the logic inside this progression
Read the active key
The active key changes the displayed voicing and related pitch information; use the transpose control to compare the same progression in another tonal center.
Compare structure and timeline
Progression and structure explain what is present; timeline and graphical views help you verify when it happens and how the voices move.
Sing the bass movement before transposing it
- Choose the displayed key and read the progression summary.
- Use the tabs to compare progression, structure, timeline, and graphical relationships.
- Play the harmony, edit only when you understand the event structure, and return to the harmony list for another example.