A major: voice leading back home

Voice leading in A major: home is A, C#, E, and the key's own tension notes are D (falls to C#), G# (rises to A). Add chords and watch each voice resolve back to its anchor.

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A starting point

One possible first step from home: Mi (V) -- creates tension.

Tap the home chord to hear it, or a degree below to add another chord.

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A major

In A major, home is A, C#, E. The key's own tension notes are D (falls to C#), G# (rises to A) -- every chord you add is measured against these three anchors, one passage at a time.

See A major on the circle of fifths