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The progression you choose is a personal choice – which do you most like? We may even decide to keep looking beyond these four, and consider seventh chords, chords outside the key, or something else. Let’s assume that for this song we don’t want to repeat any of our first three chords. Now we can find that last chord! Since we now know all the chords in our key, we can start trying out some options. G A Bm C♯dim D Em F♯m Getting that final chord in the progression Alright, here’s what we get if we pull out all seven chords:Īltogether, here are the chords in our key: A chord with the notes G B D is major because G to B is 2 steps and B to D is 1.5 steps minor has the opposite relationship (e.g., the B D and F♯ in our Bm chord) diminished has 1.5 steps between each pair of adjacent notes (e.g., C♯ E G). To determine if the chord we made is major, minor, or diminished, look at the intervals between each note.

We can do this for every chord in the key. That’s G, B, D – or G major – which is exactly what we’d expect. We start counting at G… two notes up is B… and then two more is D. Let’s see how that looks with the G chord.

Count two more notes up to “5” (wrap around to the beginning if you run out of notes).

The three basic chord types – major, minor, diminished – have a simple “1–3–5” relationship, which works like this: What we’re going to do next is look at all the chords we can make with these notes. This scale has a name (it’s a mode called G Lydian), but again, this stuff doesn’t really matter for what we’re doing. Now we’ll combine all those notes, remove any repeated ones, and put them in order: Here are the notes that make up each of our chords: We’re going to pull the notes out of each chord in our progression and then see what other chords we can build with them. All you need to know is that a key is a set of notes (usually seven) that sound good together. There are all sorts of keys (major, minor, etc.), but you don’t really need to know that stuff for now. Break down the chordsĬhords tend to sound good together if they’re all in the same key. Listen: Three chords, looking for the fourth. Here’s what that sounds like (repeated twice, with a blank space where our new chord will go): To frame this discussion, I’ve picked a few chords as an example, but you’ll be able to follow along with lots of other progressions too. Maybe these fit a melody you’re singing, something your bandmate is playing, or maybe you just like the sound of them as they are.

We’re going to assume you’ve started writing a chord progression, and have two or three chords together.

Let’s dive right into this problem and explore a very handy technique for finishing those chord progressions. How many times have you been writing a chord progression, when you suddenly hit that wall? It happens all the time: I’ll be writing a song and have three chords that sound great – and perfectly fit the idea in my head – but I can’t seem to find the right chord to go next. For those times when you’re writing a song and can’t find the right chord to complete a progression, this technique – using applied music theory – will help you discover your best options and help you complete your song.