Walk-Down to 6-

the saddest three steps in pop
Pop Ballad · Arena Rock
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1 → 5/7 → 6-

Bass falls 1–7–6 while the harmony holds its shape above — the most-loved descent in the songbook. The chip shows 3- standing in for 5/7 (two shared tones — but the stand-in parks its bass on the key's 3, so grab the real 5/7 grip, G/B in C, the moment your hands know it: the falling bass IS this lesson); keep falling to 4 and you've built a verse out of one gesture.

movesbass falls 1 → 7 → 6solo·singhold the key's 5 across all three chords — it never has to moveon recordDon't Stop Believin' — Journey (E → B/D# → C#m)try itRebuild your 1 → 6- change as 1 → 5/7 → 6-. It will feel inevitable.
C1
Em3-
Am6-
F4
Play this on the neck in Key Change Lab →

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