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The video introduces "Tonic Target Practice," a game designed to enhance understanding of passing chords, crucial for adding "jazzy, gospely" flavor to music. The core mechanic involves selecting a target chord within a chosen key, here exemplified by C major, and then executing a 2-5-1 progression to that target. For instance, to target the F major (the IV chord), one would play G minor 7 (the ii chord in F) followed by C7 (the V chord in F), leading into F major 7 [-]. This technique, known as tonicizing, means treating the target chord as a temporary tonic for the brief 2-5 progression [].
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The video introduces "Tonic Target Practice," a game designed to enhance understanding of passing chords, crucial for adding "jazzy, gospely" flavor to music. The core mechanic involves selecting a target chord within a chosen key, here exemplified by C major, and then executing a 2-5-1 progression to that target. For instance, to target the F major (the IV chord), one would play G minor 7 (the ii chord in F) followed by C7 (the V chord in F), leading into F major 7 [-]. This technique, known as tonicizing, means treating the target chord as a temporary tonic for the brief 2-5 progression [].