Guess How You Can Write Chord Progressions the will ALWAYS SOUND GREAT with your Melody, and make listeners feel TOTALLY CONNECTED to the song.
How will you do it? It is time to stop wondering and learn the secrets!
Oftentimes people will search and search through mountains of chords attempting to find some that sound good together. This can be very tedious and exhausting.
There is nothing wrong with using your ear to find good sounds, but just guessing which chords might work with a melody is like trying to find a new car to for sale by driving up and down every street in the city looking for one, rather than simply going to the new car lots. You might eventually find a good one, but you would be really doing things THE HARD WAY.
In writing songs, the lot of chords that would WORK PERFECTLY with the melody would always come from the same scale. As with searching for a new car, if you want a certain model, you head straight to its dealer. For example, you plan to buy the latest Honda model then you need to go to the nearest Honda dealer. If you are in search of a Chrysler, you go to the one that sells Chryslers. It is the same with songwriting. You need to know the chords in the key that your melody is in. Does your melody come from the F major scale, an A minor scale, or a Db Blues scale? You would need to know the chords that go along with that scale.
This works the other way around also. If you begin with the chords, your melody should come from the same scale that the chords come from.
HOW DOES ONE LOCATE THESE MYSTIFYING CHORDS?
Let's check the major keys below and focus on triads (3-note chords) to keep things simple. For example, in a major key there are 7 notes, the chords go hand-in-hand with the scale pitches in the following order: 1 is major, 2 is minor, 3 is minor, 4 is major, 5 is major, 6 is minor, and 7 is diminished.
So in the key of C here are the chords: C Dm Em F G Am Bdim.
In the key of D we get these chords: D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim.
The order of major, minor, and diminished chords will always be the same, no matter what major key you are using.
To guide you: start with a melody, simply determine what scale you it comes from, know the chords in that key, and choose which ones would work best from them.
You can also apply these steps in reverse, starting with the chords first. Then simply create a melody that comes from the same scale as the chords, and EVERYTHING WILL FIT PERFECTLY.
It won't take a long time to follow these steps, and once done, everything will turn out ENCHANTING.
You can always choose a chord or two from outside of the key for Interesting Flavors, but most of the chords and melody notes need to come from the same scale, or song will taste like a Pizza with Tuna and Peanut Butter toppings. - 40732
How will you do it? It is time to stop wondering and learn the secrets!
Oftentimes people will search and search through mountains of chords attempting to find some that sound good together. This can be very tedious and exhausting.
There is nothing wrong with using your ear to find good sounds, but just guessing which chords might work with a melody is like trying to find a new car to for sale by driving up and down every street in the city looking for one, rather than simply going to the new car lots. You might eventually find a good one, but you would be really doing things THE HARD WAY.
In writing songs, the lot of chords that would WORK PERFECTLY with the melody would always come from the same scale. As with searching for a new car, if you want a certain model, you head straight to its dealer. For example, you plan to buy the latest Honda model then you need to go to the nearest Honda dealer. If you are in search of a Chrysler, you go to the one that sells Chryslers. It is the same with songwriting. You need to know the chords in the key that your melody is in. Does your melody come from the F major scale, an A minor scale, or a Db Blues scale? You would need to know the chords that go along with that scale.
This works the other way around also. If you begin with the chords, your melody should come from the same scale that the chords come from.
HOW DOES ONE LOCATE THESE MYSTIFYING CHORDS?
Let's check the major keys below and focus on triads (3-note chords) to keep things simple. For example, in a major key there are 7 notes, the chords go hand-in-hand with the scale pitches in the following order: 1 is major, 2 is minor, 3 is minor, 4 is major, 5 is major, 6 is minor, and 7 is diminished.
So in the key of C here are the chords: C Dm Em F G Am Bdim.
In the key of D we get these chords: D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim.
The order of major, minor, and diminished chords will always be the same, no matter what major key you are using.
To guide you: start with a melody, simply determine what scale you it comes from, know the chords in that key, and choose which ones would work best from them.
You can also apply these steps in reverse, starting with the chords first. Then simply create a melody that comes from the same scale as the chords, and EVERYTHING WILL FIT PERFECTLY.
It won't take a long time to follow these steps, and once done, everything will turn out ENCHANTING.
You can always choose a chord or two from outside of the key for Interesting Flavors, but most of the chords and melody notes need to come from the same scale, or song will taste like a Pizza with Tuna and Peanut Butter toppings. - 40732
About the Author:
Kevin Thomas holds a Graduate degree in Music. He is the Owner of Songwriting Planet, where you can attain Free Advice about the Craft of Songwriting. For Lessons from Kevin in the San Diego area go to the Local Page at SWP.
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