8.1 · Minor Progressions

Home in the dark

Minor's most famous loop: i → VI → VII, around and around. A minor home, then the key's two major chords back to back, then home again. It powers half of rock radio.

The anthem loop

i–VI–VII and its longer cousin. Both climb the key's major chords, VI and VII, and the loop never really ends.

Compare: the pop loop

Both loops leave home and come back. The difference is home itself: major there, minor here.

Any key, same loop

The loop lives in the relationships, not the letters. Pick any minor home and take it around.

Home note · sets the minor key

Game · Catch the anthem

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A minor-key loop, any key. Did it climb the two major chords home, seesaw without landing, or stay all minor?

Listen first. Then answer.

Quiz

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The anthem loop is…

Score 100% on every quiz and game to complete this lesson. A perfect run sticks: a later miss never undoes it.More minor roads →