5.36Practical exercise: predict the next chord

Play:

C → F → G7

Stop.

What do you expect?

Probably:

C

Now:

C → Am → Dm → G7

Stop.

Again:

C

Now play:

C → F → G7 → Am

Hear the surprise.

This trains harmonic expectation.

Improvisation becomes much easier when you can anticipate where the harmony wants to go.