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Mr. Weir’s approach on rhythm guitar featured intricate chord voicings, sophisticated interplay with Garcia, and modal progressions inspired by 1960s jazz pianists, including McCoy Tyner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

“I thought he got through some progressions really well.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Park evokes all of this while maintaining an electrified focus on ordering the Captain's journey into pleasing progressions, like a jazz or funk solo on one of the many American soul songs he loves.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024

Harmonic analysis is also necessary for anyone who wants to be able to compose reasonable chord progressions or to study and understand the music of the great composers.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones