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		tshaddox on Jan 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analyzing the chords of 1300 popular songs for pat... Why do you need that assumption? I think Roman numerals allow for non-diatonic chords like a i diminished.

zorga on Jan 16, 2019 [–]

Roman numerals still presume you're playing on a harmonized scale in a key; not all music fits that as many rock musicians don't know what a key is and pick chords randomly by sound, not by knowing anything about music theory.

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