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Posted by Tyler Sheridan on Dec-23-2012 21:15:

Chord Progressions help

sometimes when i do my chord progressions they sound to plain and boring, is there any theory that you could tell me about involving making better chord progressions, i always rely on trial and error when starting my progressions but i want that Uplifting feel from songs like.
https://www.youtube....-YNXWIozK5PXjSw Farhad Mahdavi - Parthia
https://www.youtube....-YNXWIozK5PXjSw Defcon Audio - Trailblazer
https://www.youtube....-YNXWIozK5PXjSw TranzLift - Heaven`s Shore
the progressions i am trying to achieve are at the break of the song.
i have a good knowledge of some theory, but let me know if there is any more theory that i could use to get better progressions.

Posted by EddieZilker on Dec-23-2012 22:34:

Here's a couple of threads you might find useful.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...75#.UNeGnHfheSo

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...98#.UNeGZnfheSo

Posted by Tyler Sheridan on Dec-23-2012 23:15:

Thanks man Great help

Posted by EddieZilker on Dec-23-2012 23:37:

There's a lot of music theory threads, too. Check out the tutorial master list. If you preface your Google search terms with tranceaddict.com you get better results than with the php search function, too.

Posted by kadomony on Dec-24-2012 03:12:

http://academic.udayton.edu/tobyrush/theorypages/

Posted by Floorfiller on Dec-24-2012 19:36:

this guys youtube channel is pretty decent. i've been watching a lot of his lately, even though i know most of it, he really explains it in a nice way...

http://www.youtube.com/user/musictheoryguy

Posted by Evolve140 on Jan-02-2013 03:33:

I have this nagging suspicion that if you can't write your own chord progressions without any help you should just give up. Until you try really hard. If you can't do it then, yeah, give up.

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Jan-02-2013 05:37:

not completely fair. Didn't listen to the examples but there is a learning curve in being able to really have control as opposed to mashing out a chord progression. Chord substitutions, modal borrowing, temporary key regions, all stuff that can be somewhat hard to understand.

Here check this out.

I used to give this to second year harmony students and as simple as it sounds, there are little twists that are rather divisive but would be harder to parse for someone that doesn't have a sold foundation.

Try to get the progression up to the bridge with the synth solo using the traditional functional labelling system. It is not so easy grasping the concept rather than the name of the chord.

But i have a feeling the progressions in question are rather simple and are some variant of those 3 chords in aolian. Those are easy enough done by just doing one voice at a time using your ear. When the progression is more logical and thematic, it takes a little more;

Posted by Juan Paulino on Jan-02-2013 06:03:

Rocky rules, i love this song, i use to train in the gym listening to hearts on fire