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Rock · mixolídio clássico — Guitar

What is the Rock · mixolídio clássico progression?

The Rock · mixolídio clássico progression is E → D → A (I – bVII – IV), in the key of E. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant → subdominant, cycling as a vamp with no full cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.

Good music works like a good walk: you leave, get a little lost on purpose, and come back. The map of this one: E (I, home) → D (bVII, time to come back) → A (IV, the stroll). Press play and follow along — at the "time to come back" chord, notice the physical urge to hear E again — the home chord.

Guitar

Its six strings spread across a wide neck, so each chord has room to ring, and one player can be the rhythm and the harmony at the same time. From campfire pop to rock ballads and blues, the acoustic guitar is the default choice, whether you strum full chords or pick out a quiet verse. Its home chord E keeps its lowest note on E and rings 3 open strings.

Circle of Fifths — See the key's diatonic chords and its secondary dominants · open in Chord & Fret

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Learn each chord of the trip

E · D · A

E, 0 2 2 1 0 0E231EBEG#BE

This is one shape of E. In Chord & Fret, you open every position of all 3 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord & Fret →

Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · use it in Chord & Fret

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