Hi,

The C minor scale...Cm,Ddim,Eb,Fm,Gm,Ab,Bb,Cm

The chord progression I am using is Cm,Bb,Ab,G major,Cm.
The B note occurs in the G major chord.
There is another section of the song Eb,Gmin,Eb7,Ab,Abmin,Eb,Bb,Cm
The B note occurs in the Abmin chord also.

1. Why does the G major chord sound good or correct as the B note in the G major chord does not occur in the C natural minor scale?
2. Why does the G major chord seem to resolve back to C minor so well?

I can make a recording of this if it helps.

Cheers,


Billy

Note

The Eb,Gmin,Eb7 only really becomes obvious on a piano with Eb played in the root position and to form the Gmin chord by dropping the Eb note to D...then to Db to form a three note version of Eb7. This also forms part of the melody line. The guitar is playing something else. I have not written the bass line yet but hope to incorporate at least the F,Eb,D notes as a walk down between the G major to Cmin.

Cheers,

Billy

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