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“M - m - m - M - M - m - dim - M”
― J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid.

“Maj7 - min7 - min7 - Maj7 - Dom7 - min7 - dim7 - Maj7.”
― J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid.

“In order to figure out the quality of a 7th chord, we typically divide it into two different elements: the triad, and the 7th. The triad can be major or minor, and the 7th can be major or minor.”
― J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid.

“rule number one: your ear always wins. If something sounds good to you, but doesn't make sense in any key - it doesn't mean you can't do it. It just means you are innovative.”
― J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid.

“You will find that some producers like to use a ii-V-I at the end of their progressions, while others like to use vi - IV - I. Knowing how those sound, and what we like to hear, will help us to decide what kind of progressions we want to use in our own music. ►”
― J. Anthony Allen, Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The producer's guide to harmony, chord progressions, and song structure in the MIDI grid.