Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
This is my simple attempt to analyze the chord progression which the hope of giving you a boost up a level or two. Here are the chords you have availalbe in D minor (aka D Aeolian).

i D min
iio E dim
III F Maj
iv G min
v A min
VI Bb Maj
VII C Maj

A couple hours "learning" Scaler Software, in return for a lifetime of better music making.

OK, we might be honing in on the Scaler workflow (which I'm still interested in even though it seems an advanced tool).

A year or 2 ago in this forum there was an extensive thread on the Circle of Fifths. What came out of that thread for me was I built a spreadsheet to help organize the info discussed, see below and take with a grain of salt; I can't guarantee its accuracy.

A few items:
1. This spreadsheet has been collecting dust and I've never used it to build a chord progression.
2. My method of building progressions is a combo of capturing what's rolling around in my head and hunting and pecking in BiaB. Sometimes I'll refer to a 1500 chord progression manual that Mario sent me.
3. I will never post anything that doesn't "sound good" to me.
4. My and your info both seem to agree that the Amaj chord is not in the Dm key, yet the Amaj sounds good to me and presumably others. Not sure if I understand this.
5. Is it true that Scaler is this spreadsheet on steroids? If so, is that how you build chord progressions?

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