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Irina Panteleeva
Nov 24, 13:29
Could someone please help me with understanding the difference between i-ii-V and i-ii-bVI? In minor key V=bVI, isn't it? It is from Route VI level 18 game.
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Iurii Plevako
Nov 24, 14:41
No. bVI is flat 6, eg in the key of C VI is A, and bVI is Ab, whereas V is G.
Speaking of the chord progressions then, if I play i-ii-bVI, which in the key of C would be Cm - Dm - Ab, it sounds very tense and Ab tends to resolve into Gm, and with i - ii - V (Cm - Dm - G) there's more tension towards Cm (or even C)
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Irina Panteleeva
Nov 24, 15:05
Somehow I thought that 'i' refers to the natural minor scale, not the melodic one.