As an example, let’s assume that you got 5,6,4. Throw a dice 3 times and write the resulting numbers down. Here I will describe a way to compose chord progressions with practically no work. This procedure is called transposition and it’s used for instance when a song is too high or too low to be sung comfortably.Īnother application is to use these chords to compose songs. Now we can play the same song in any other key, just by following the numbers: for instance the same song in C will be C G Dm C G F. If we write down the numbers of the chord in the key of G as in the table, we get 1 5 2 1 5 4. We can see easily that this song is in G major: it starts with a G chord, it eventually ends with a G chord and all the chords listed are in the key of G (check in the table below). The song uses the following chords: G D Am G D C. The two progressions actually sounds the same, with the only difference that the progression in D is higher in pitch than the one in C.Īs an example of the last fact, let’s consider the song “Knocking on Heaven’s door” (originally by Bob Dylan, the cover by Guns ’n’ Roses being maybe more famous). Example: the progression C F G (in C major) and the progression D G A (in d major) are actually the same progression since they are both made by the 1st, 4th, and 5th chord in the respective keys. It does not matter in what key are you writing, the only thing that matters is the position of the chord in the key. The first chord will always sound “final” in all keys. a progression in C major will usually start and end on C). Most of the time a chord progression in a major key will start and end on the first chord of the key (i.e. For instance in the key of C you can decide to use only the chords C, F, and G. You do not need to use ALL the chords in a key. With the exception of the diminished chord (which has some special ways to use it, and so we will ignore it for the time being), the chords in a key can be played one after the other in any order and they will sound good. Here are some other important facts you need to know about chords. It contains all the chords in all major keys. Rather than having you go through all the major scales to compile a list of all the chords in them, I did all the work for you and prepared a table. The first note on a major key is always associated with a major chord, the second note always with a minor chord, and so on. With this I mean that the order in which the major and minor chords appear is always the same. The chord structure for the major scale is the same for all keys. In other words, every note in the scale is associated with a chord. The chords associated with the C major scale are C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, B diminished. The chords from a scale are strictly related with the notes on a scale a C major scale is made by the notes C D E F G A B (see here our previous lesson on the major scale). Right now I want to focus on few easy-to-understand facts that are of immediate practical use. Precisely how and why this happens will be the topic of a future lesson. Today we will have a look at the chords that come from the major scale and how they allow us to compose songs with minimal work and good results.Īny major scale is associated with a set of seven chords - three major, three minor, one diminished. On a previous lesson we have seen the major scale from a melodic point of view.
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