5 Chord Progressions Every Songwriter Should Know
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In this video, we're talking about 5 chord progressions every songwriter should know.
Sometimes, as we're learning songwriting, we can accidentally bypass some of the most foundational or basic concepts that are important to know.
So we're going to talk about 5 different chord progressions you must know if you're a songwriter.
Transcript:
In this video we are talking about five chord progressions that every beginner songwriter should know. Let's talk about it. Alright, so the first chord progression that you should know is a 1-5-6-4 chord progression, which is probably the most common chord progression and is certainly the most commonly made fun of chord progression. If you know that song by Axis of Awesome, where it's making fun of how every pop song is built off of the same chord progression, that's this chord progression. In the context of the key of C major, a 1-5-6-4 chord progression would be a C major, G major, A minor, F major chord progression. That's because just at a high level 1-5-6-4 is referring to the numbers of the scale degrees that the chords are built off of. So in C major, the first scale degree is C. So 1 and then 5, 2, 3, 4, 5. So C, G, and then 6
goes to A, and then 4, so back down 2, to F. That's where we get 1-5-6-4. In the context of G major, it would be G, because again 1, and then move up 5 to D major, then E minor up 1 to 6, and then C major 4. This is most important to know because if there's any chord progression to know and be familiar with it, probably is this one, but also it can be great for a descending a bass line because you can have 1-5-6-4, where you sort of get the eighth scale degree or the first scale degree, then down 1, and then down 1 again, and then you skip to not just down by 1 again, but down by 2. So if you ever hear that bass line, which is pretty common, that very often goes along with a 1-5-6-4 chord progression, as well as the iconic chord, which of course are also very commonly utilized because those are the roots of the chords. A second chord progression to know is a 1-6-5-4, which is really just a slight alteration on the 1-5-6-4. Or more specifically, you can see this as the descending version of the 1-5-6-4, because you could see this as descending every time we started the 1, and then we could see it as descending down to the 6, so it's like 8 to 6, and then 5, and then 4. So we would get in C major, C major, A minor, G major, and then F major. Now probably as you can hear, this is great for that sort of descending bass line of 8 or 1-6-5-4. A third chord progression that every beginner songwriter should know is another sort of alteration on the 1-5-6-4. This one is actually a 1-4-6-5. Now you can see this as a sort of more ending focused version of the 1-5-6-4, because it specifically seems to have in mind that a 5 chord transitions really well and powerfully to a 1 chord, and the way this is set up, we actually start with the 1 chord, and then the 5 chord, and then the 6 chord, and then the 5 chord, which transitions really well back into the beginning of our chord progression, which that's usually how chord progressions work, right? It's the same progression of chords and you do it over and over again, so this flows really well, because the final chord of the chord progression flows really well back into the first chord of the chord progression. Now in C major, this chord progression would be a C major, an F major, an A minor, a G major, and then if we were to repeat, we go back to that 1, which is a C major. Another important chord progression to know is the 1-4-5-4, which is maybe the most popular of all the all major chord chord progressions, because all our chord progressions so far involve one minor chord, the minor 6 chord. This one is just the three major chords that are occurring in every major key, the 1, the 4, and the 5. So in C major, this would be a C major, F major, G major, F major, and then back to C major.
That would be the chord progression. C major, F major, G major, F major, back to C major to start the chord progression all over again. And then a fifth chord progression to know is maybe the most popular, or one of the most popular chord progressions that actually leads with a minor chord. And that is the 6-4-1-5 chord progression. In the key of C major, this would be an A minor chord, followed by an F major chord, and then a C major chord, and then a G major chord...
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In this video, we're talking about 5 chord progressions every songwriter should know.
Sometimes, as we're learning songwriting, we can accidentally bypass some of the most foundational or basic concepts that are important to know.
So we're going to talk about 5 different chord progressions you must know if you're a songwriter.
Transcript:
In this video we are talking about five chord progressions that every beginner songwriter should know. Let's talk about it. Alright, so the first chord progression that you should know is a 1-5-6-4 chord progression, which is probably the most common chord progression and is certainly the most commonly made fun of chord progression. If you know that song by Axis of Awesome, where it's making fun of how every pop song is built off of the same chord progression, that's this chord progression. In the context of the key of C major, a 1-5-6-4 chord progression would be a C major, G major, A minor, F major chord progression. That's because just at a high level 1-5-6-4 is referring to the numbers of the scale degrees that the chords are built off of. So in C major, the first scale degree is C. So 1 and then 5, 2, 3, 4, 5. So C, G, and then 6
goes to A, and then 4, so back down 2, to F. That's where we get 1-5-6-4. In the context of G major, it would be G, because again 1, and then move up 5 to D major, then E minor up 1 to 6, and then C major 4. This is most important to know because if there's any chord progression to know and be familiar with it, probably is this one, but also it can be great for a descending a bass line because you can have 1-5-6-4, where you sort of get the eighth scale degree or the first scale degree, then down 1, and then down 1 again, and then you skip to not just down by 1 again, but down by 2. So if you ever hear that bass line, which is pretty common, that very often goes along with a 1-5-6-4 chord progression, as well as the iconic chord, which of course are also very commonly utilized because those are the roots of the chords. A second chord progression to know is a 1-6-5-4, which is really just a slight alteration on the 1-5-6-4. Or more specifically, you can see this as the descending version of the 1-5-6-4, because you could see this as descending every time we started the 1, and then we could see it as descending down to the 6, so it's like 8 to 6, and then 5, and then 4. So we would get in C major, C major, A minor, G major, and then F major. Now probably as you can hear, this is great for that sort of descending bass line of 8 or 1-6-5-4. A third chord progression that every beginner songwriter should know is another sort of alteration on the 1-5-6-4. This one is actually a 1-4-6-5. Now you can see this as a sort of more ending focused version of the 1-5-6-4, because it specifically seems to have in mind that a 5 chord transitions really well and powerfully to a 1 chord, and the way this is set up, we actually start with the 1 chord, and then the 5 chord, and then the 6 chord, and then the 5 chord, which transitions really well back into the beginning of our chord progression, which that's usually how chord progressions work, right? It's the same progression of chords and you do it over and over again, so this flows really well, because the final chord of the chord progression flows really well back into the first chord of the chord progression. Now in C major, this chord progression would be a C major, an F major, an A minor, a G major, and then if we were to repeat, we go back to that 1, which is a C major. Another important chord progression to know is the 1-4-5-4, which is maybe the most popular of all the all major chord chord progressions, because all our chord progressions so far involve one minor chord, the minor 6 chord. This one is just the three major chords that are occurring in every major key, the 1, the 4, and the 5. So in C major, this would be a C major, F major, G major, F major, and then back to C major.
That would be the chord progression. C major, F major, G major, F major, back to C major to start the chord progression all over again. And then a fifth chord progression to know is maybe the most popular, or one of the most popular chord progressions that actually leads with a minor chord. And that is the 6-4-1-5 chord progression. In the key of C major, this would be an A minor chord, followed by an F major chord, and then a C major chord, and then a G major chord...
must know chord progressions
important chord progressions
chord progressions for songwriters
❤️ If you find my content helpful and want to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/josephva...
🔔 Subscribe to learn more about Songwriting 🎵: @songwritertheory
0:00 Introduction
0:07 I-V-vi-IV
2:12 I-vi-V-IV
2:52 I-IV-vi-V
3:52 I-IV-V-IV
4:31 iv-IV-I-V
#SongwriterTheory #JosephVadala
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