How Melody Enhances a Lyric: "And So I Pray" (Jem)

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How to Create Fragile Progressions, and Why You’d Use Them

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A Song’s Harmonic Journey

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What Key Choice Does For a Song

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Some Quick Fixes For an Ailing Chord Progression

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Helping an Audience Understand Longer Chord Progressions

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