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Every example, side by side: play the Before, then the After, and watch the piano-roll. The melody never changes; only the chords do. Needs an internet connection, the player and its piano sound load from a CDN.

01 Diatonic Substitution

01 The Doo-Wop Becomes a ii-VC major
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02 Start Off the TonicC major
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03 Dominant Cousin: the half-diminished for V7C major
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04 Only the Last Root MovesC major
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05 Swap to Relatives, Keep the VF major
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02 Sevenths & Extensions

06 Triads to Sevenths (the gateway)C major
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07 Add the 9thsC major
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08 6 and 6/9 Instead of Plain MajorG major
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09 Suspend the DominantC major
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10 Upper-Structure 13thsF major
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03 Secondary Dominants

11 V7 of VC major
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12 Chain of Dominants (the ragtime pull)C major
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13 The Sudden Minor Pull (V7/vi)C major
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14 Blues It Up (V7/IV = I7)C major
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15 V7 of iiC major
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04 Tritone Substitution

16 subV7 of IC major
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17 Chromatic-Bass TurnaroundC major
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18 subV of VC major
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19 subV7 of IVC major
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20 The subV with a #11 on TopC major
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05 Modal Interchange

21 The bVII Rock Turn (Mixolydian)C major
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22 The Heartbreak Chord (IV to iv)C major
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23 The Aeolian Cadence (bVI-bVII-I)C major
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24 Borrowed Mediant (iii to bIII)C major
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25 The Neapolitan (bII)A minor
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06 Approach Chords

26 Slide In From AboveC major
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27 Ascending Diminished Passing ChordC major
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28 #IV-diminished Into VC major
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29 The Half-Step-Above Maj7 SlideC major
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30 Rising Chromatic Diminished LineC major
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07 Pedal & Slash

31 Tonic PedalC major
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32 Dominant PedalC major
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33 Descending Bass LineC major
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34 Ascending Bass LineC major
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35 The Pop Slash Chord (IV over V)C major
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08 Line Cliches

36 The Minor Line ClicheA minor
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37 The Major Line ClicheC major
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38 Descending Line Into IVC major
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39 The Cliche in the BassA minor
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40 Cliche Into a Bright IVA minor
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09 Coltrane / Multi-Tonic

41 Giant-Steps InsertC major
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42 Major-Thirds Cycle Over a Static IC major
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43 Coltrane TurnaroundC major
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44 Tadd Dameron TurnaroundC major
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45 Countdown (Coltrane's reharm of Tune Up)D major
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10 Backdoor & Constant Structure

46 The Backdoor ii-V (bVII7 to I)C major
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47 Deceptive Into bVIC major
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48 The Gospel IV-iv-IC major
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49 Constant-Structure PlaningC major
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50 Quartal Reharmonization (So What)D Dorian
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