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Old 09-26-2015, 08:59 PM
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Question Chord progression help needed, please.

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I'm playing a gig this coming weekend where I have to segue from a song that ends in Emin to a song that begins in Cmaj.
Anyone have any good, not too lengthy, chord progressions to connect the 2 songs?

Thanks for your help.
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Old 09-26-2015, 09:43 PM
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OK, maybe this is kind of cliche as over used with some Beatle-Bowie vibe, but I throw this in sometimes when making similar transitions:

Em
Am
Am7/G
Am6
Fmaj7/C
C and variants

That may be drawn out and round about, because there are much shorter changes. Drama! Reason I have always like this is the minor-maj transition, while staying full bodied sound wise because so many strings, except for the Am6, but that's kind of the low part of it turning around.
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If the original key is Em then a quick B7 (or D) to G or G7 will put you right there into C. Exactly how you do this will vary with different time signatures, but try it.

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Old 09-27-2015, 05:23 AM
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Hi guys!
I'm playing a gig this coming weekend where I have to segue from a song that ends in Emin to a song that begins in Cmaj.
Anyone have any good, not too lengthy, chord progressions to connect the 2 songs?

Thanks for your help.
HI warbles…

How about Em, D, Cmaj7?



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Old 09-27-2015, 05:33 AM
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Em straight to G7 ought to work.
If you want something longer and more traditional (more functionally convincing) go through the 5ths:
Em7-Am7-Dm7-G7 - those are all diatonic to C, but it would also work with A7 and/or D7 in place of the min7s.
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Old 09-27-2015, 03:55 PM
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Thanks very much for the suggestions!
After trying a couple of these, I think I'll go with:

Em-D-C-G7-C

It works.
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I think I'll go with:

Em-D-C-G7-C
That will work fine. Good luck.
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