The i-bVI-bII-V progression i-bVI-bII-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.
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.
bIIDbmaj
The Neapolitan — a major chord on the LOWERED 2nd degree, a chromatic predominant of dark, 'Spanish' (Phrygian) colour. It falls toward the dominant with dramatic weight.
VG7
Tension pulling home — the chord that 'wants to resolve' to I; it closes or opens sections. The dominant, the engine of the key.