Improvising Parameters - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards Chord Progression Charts Page 2
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Tests follow the parameters below; all requirements are cumulative:
Grade
Total bars
Time signatures
Harmonic
Keys
Chords
Styles
changes
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards and
Vocals only
4
Initial
4
Bass: D major and E minor
1 chord per bar
I, IV and V chords; simple
Simple Rock or Pop
major and minor chords only
Drums: any key
Guitar: D major and A minor
Keyboards: C major and G major
Vocals: any major key
1
4
Bass: C major and G major
Ballad
Guitar: C major and E minor
Heavy Rock
Keyboards: A minor and E minor
Vocals: major and minor keys
3
2
4
Bass: F major and D minor
II and VI chords
Country
Guitar: A major and D minor
Keyboards: F major and D minor
3
8
swung quavers
Bass: B minor and G minor
V7 chords
Blues
Guitar: F major and G major
Keyboards: D major and G minor
4
some use of two
Bass: E major and C minor
major and minor 7th chords
Reggae
6
chords per bar
; syncopation
Guitar: E major and C minor
R ‘n’B
Keyboards: A major and C minor
5
12
Bass: B major and F minor
III and VII chords (not
Funk
1
augmented or diminished)
Guitar: B major and F minor
Shuffle
plus sus 4 chords
Keyboards: E major and F minor
Disco
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