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"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

Strong Songs

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A Capella Is a Resolution to C Major

The song outlines a chord progression from F to G, resolving to C. The band doesn't resolve to C but the singers do which gives it this feeling of a resolution on top of an unresolved chord progression. You couldn't even really do this without all three vocal harmony parts because you need all three parts to clearly imply that C major chord. They're not dissonant exactly they're just kind of in two different places just for a minute and it creates this special sound.

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