Jazz Practice
II-V-I Progressions
Practice the most common jazz chord progression. These exercises help you hear how chords resolve and how melodies move through harmonic changes.
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II-V-I Progressions
The most common chord progression in jazz, used to practice harmonic movement.
Practice tip: Play slowly and notice how the V chord wants to resolve to I.
More about II-V-I Progressions
This progression appears throughout jazz standards. Practicing it helps you hear tension and release, follow the harmony measure by measure, and land on stronger notes when the chords change.
In a major key, the II-V-I progression is built from the 2nd, 5th, and 1st scale degrees. In C major that is Dm7 to G7 to Cmaj7, where the dominant chord creates tension that resolves to the tonic.
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Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 | Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7