The i-bIII+-bVI-V progression i-bIII+-bVI-V
Level: AdvancedMode: minor
Piano sound loads on first tap. Resolved in the key of C — every chord links to its full analysis.
What each degree does
iCm
Home, but in shadow — the minor tonic. The same rest as I, coloured dark and melancholic.
bIII+Ebaug
The augmented flat third — bIII with a raised 5th, a bright tension that often leads chromatically toward the dominant in a minor key.
bVIAbmaj
The flat sixth major — borrowed from the minor mode, a dramatic, epic colour. It falls over the key like a large shadow before the dominant.
VG7
Tension pulling home — the chord that 'wants to resolve' to I; it closes or opens sections. The dominant, the engine of the key.