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Tizian Thieringer
Jan 31, 2023
In the Progression listening test minigame in the gym (where you play infinitely) the Chord played before the progression is just the chord that comes first and not the one chord. Why is that?

It makes no sense to call a progression a iii-V-iii if you have no one chord as a base. Also in the Route-VI game it is different. This really bothers me as I like to play that game but often times it is just confusing without a one chord.
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Miles Walker
Jan 31, 2023
From my experience it is the tonic chord that is arpeggiated before the question is asked. So either the I in a major key or i in minor key. I'm not sure what is going wrong for you!
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Victor Wilburn
Jan 31, 2023
It makes plenty of sense. Taking the chords in isolation may look a bit odd, but considering a song as a whole, the harmony isn't the only thing that establishes the key center.

I do agree this is different from how the Route VI game works, but I'm not sure that's a problem. It does perhaps make it a bit harder than Route VI, but that's OK.
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Victor Wilburn
Jan 31, 2023
@Miles Walker: No, I just checked it out, and he's right. What you describe is how it works in the Route VI game, but not in the Progressions exercise. It always plays the first chord in the progression.
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Miles Walker
Feb 01, 2023
Ah right yes - I was referring to Route VI - sorry for the confusion!
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Neil Gilmartin
Feb 28, 2023
What makes no sense to me is that they call that area the 'warm-up' area, which suggests that it's easier than the game itself; yet it's actually a fair bit harder.

Change the name! Otherwise, that's likely to demotivate less experienced users.