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Posted by henryv on Apr-14-2009 10:31:

Chord Proggresions : Methods

Having a really hard time coming up with some solid chord proggresions. anybody have any suggestions ?

Chords within a Major scale

A chord built on the

1st note in a scale is Major

2nd is Minor

3rd Minor

4th major

5th Major

6th Minor

7th Diminished (flat 5th)

^^ Taking from the other thread.

Posted by 9Vibes on Apr-14-2009 10:51:

Root key be A minor

Just play out these chords.

A minor - E minor - G major - F major.

A better version would be (You need music theory to understand this)
A minor(2nd inversion) - E minor(root) - G major(2nd inversion) - F major(2nd inversion)

Basically , there are endless chord progressions. Just play around with your keyboard to find one.

I hope you get what im saying , I dont really know how to write down a chord progression..

Posted by henryv on Apr-14-2009 10:58:

im just trying to understand the basics. I got a single chord & im trying to figure out different chords proggresions to go with it. i've basically writing down all the proggresions according to scale and to the formula above.

Posted by Sonic_c on Apr-14-2009 19:34:

I can help here mate.

Ok make sure to read chord voicing/leading from my tutorial before writing chords down ok.

make sure your in a scale A minor is easiest start on 'A' and it is all the white notes.

Do you understand how they are made like my post said 1st 3rd and 5th right? Or others but we leave them for now.

for now we will do a 1,4,6,5 progression or a i,ii,VI,v if you want to know the way to write it.

this is how it looks

But to make it smoother we just invert some things which basically means keep the same notes but move them up or down an octave. So if we take the first chord and invert it moving the lowest note up an octave it will sound better. I have also jiggled with the other notes so all the notes are closer together. Keeping same notes only an octave lower. You can see note names are same

Here is the midi if it helps.

Midi

Posted by AstroB on Apr-14-2009 20:02:

Here's a small Midi I made also. Its a d - chord progression with a basic melody playing over it. No pictures, but you can import it and take a look at the chord progression and notes.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ailcd3

Posted by offensive_newbi on Apr-14-2009 21:17:

c g am em f c f g ?

Posted by JmanNZ on Apr-18-2009 00:07:

Thanks sonic! good tip!

Where is your tutorial?

Posted by Sonic_c on Apr-18-2009 00:35:

tutorial is here man

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...8&forumid=48&s=

Posted by JmanNZ on Apr-18-2009 01:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Sonic_c
tutorial is here man

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...8&forumid=48&s=

Cool thanks mate, looks good