Endings

Chromatic Descent Ending

Chromatic walkdown to final resolution. Dramatic ending.

Key
C
Level
advanced
Where
Dramatic endings, slow ballads

The changes

  1. Cmaj7
  2. B7
  3. Bb7
  4. A7
  5. Abmaj7
  6. G7
  7. C

The hands

Left hand then right, as the source writes them. A pianist's voicing routinely carries a colour the chord symbol does not spell — a flat ninth over a dominant, a ninth on top of a seventh chord — so the notes printed under each keyboard are what is actually played, rather than what the symbol alone would predict.

Cmaj7

chord 1

LH C2 G2RH E4 B4 D5

B7

chord 2

LH B2 F#3RH D#4 A4 C#5

Bb7

chord 3

LH Bb2 F3RH D4 Ab4 C5

A7

chord 4

LH A2 E3RH C#4 G4 Bb4

Abmaj7

chord 5

LH Ab2 Eb3RH C4 G4 Bb4

G7

chord 6

LH G2 D3RH B3 F4 A4

C

chord 7

LH C1 C2RH E4 G4 C5 E5

Big final chord

Associated players