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Guitar Chord Progressions for Song Writing.
Posted by GuestPoster in Hobbies and Crafts
If you’ve been playing guitar awhile you might be wanting to try your hand at song writing. Hopefully you’ve been playing actual songs, not just technique exercises. As you learn songs you’ll become familiar with chord progressions and the building blocks of song writing. Chord progressions are nothing more than chords in a sequence and they are the building blocks of songs. Guitar chord progressions are really no different than chord progressions on any other instrument although there are chords that lie will under your fingers. The easiest, and probably most common chord progression is the I IV V chord progression. Don’t let the Roman numerals scare you. Let’s take a chord you probably know: the A chord.
Let’s call it I. Count up 4 notes: that would be D. Ok, so now we’ve got a D chord. So if D is 4, then E would be V. So, I IV V in the key of A is A, D, and E. Pretty easy, right? Now think about some songs you know, you probably know some with the A, D and E chord. La Bamba, Twist and Shout, Blitzkrieg Bop – all I IV V chord progressions. The I IV V sounds good even if you mix up the chords, V IV I, I V IV, any way you do it. No wonder it seems to be the basis for all pop music! Would you like to try it in another key? How about G, C, and D? Or D, G, and A. All I IV V progressions. Try it out when you’re song writing, it’s a “can’t lose” guitar chord progression.
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