When you use a scale, say, C major, you are playing ‘in the key of C’. The word ‘diatonic’ simply means ‘within a key’, so a diatonic chord progression is a set of chords made up of notes from within ...

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Our final example shows some other ways to use non-diatonic chords. First, the C chord is followed by Cm (which contains a non-diatonic Eb note) for a Beatles-y vibe. Next we’ve used E (instead of the ...