songwriting tips 1



Songwriting tips 1 is very basic

We are discovering where to look

Our ears will taste our composition and compare it with our competition

Remember

we are "learning where to look for chords to place after our first chord"

our starting point is

major keys


lets restrict our composition to major keys only

99% of what we listen to is this anyway

we'll use G Major for our composition

you could use powerchords

you could use 3 note chords

you could use 4 note chords

if we start with Gmaj7 or G or G5

then follow with any chords from the 3 note, 4 note or powerchords in G

we have constructed a chord progression in the key of G Major example:-

|| G / / / | Am / / / | C5 / / / |B5 / / / | Em7 / / / | D7 / / / | Cmaj7 / Am7 / | G / / / ||

do the same for other keys

here's one in C Major

|| C / / / | Am7 / / / | Fmaj7 / / / |D5 / / / |E5 / / / |G7 / / / |Dm7 / / / |G / F5 D5 | C / / / ||


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