Common Chord Progressions Every Beginner Should Know
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- Here are three simple chord progressions that all beginners should know how to play on the piano. I go over some very basic theory explaining how to construct each one, and demonstrate each one in the key of C major.
Number 1:
I - IV - V progression. This is very popular and can be heard in a countless amount of pop, rock and blues songs. In the key of C, the chords would be: C, F, G.
Number 2:
I - V - vi - IV progression. This is the most popular chord progress of all time and appears in hundreds of famous pop songs. In the key of C, the chords would be: C, G, Am, F.
Number 3:
I - vi - ii - V progression. This is another very common chord progression found in many pop, rock and blues songs. In the key of C, the chords would be: C, Am, Dm, G.
I recommend practicing these in a few different keys to help internalize the progressions and also to allow you to play along to even more songs!
If you have any questions, leave them in the comment box below.
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Hope you enjoy the video! What are your guys favourite chord progressions?
man, you craked all the music !! thank you very much for all the information!
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I'm really enjoying your videos. I just discovered the I vi ii V progression. With some sevens and nines added and a soft synth sound with a slow attack, it makes a nice ambient progression-like Cmaj7, Amin7, Dmin9, G7. I find it very pretty and relaxing.
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Could you do some progressions in the natural minor scale?
Music is magical,
but it’s also logical.
@@HowIsAsh learning music and learning maths are completely different even though both have their own logic behind them. yes, I agree that music is very different from other subjects but it's still logical, you just have to learn from the beginning and you'll catch on and expand your music knowledge hopefully.
svenuu you got frustrated when you couldn’t learn moonlight sonata in a day didn’t you?
@@HowIsAsh woah woah calm down
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music is logical, but if emotion takes over it becomes magical.
The chord progressions are important, the second important thing are the chord inversions
daniel Matemu Got any links to any videos that explain why inversions are important?
is it basically playing the same note but using different keys?
Paulo Travels Yes, from what I know it changes tone and makes chord progressions go smoother, not only that but it’s a great way to move around the keyboard and still get your chords in
@@johnfakester5527 that is great. I knew how to do that but today I learned the proper name. very interesting. thanks mate!
Paulo Travels Could you share the name with me too please? Also still learning and a name would help!
Your technique of teaching is very good. The use of hands on keys, measure and notes and coloured notes simultaneously make relearning simple. Students want to hear you play longer portions of complete songs during the videos to give us hope. and encouragement. Without that connection beginners lose comprehension.
Practice is still key. Knowing what to practice is crucial for adults. I find myself learning something every time I sit down at the piano lately.Thank you piano puaa
Thanks Mark! Glad you've been benefiting from the videos :)
I love teaching myself how to play music you’re always reaching new levels and then you find some gold like this and it opens up a new level... may not be the best tactic for learning but I love it! Thank you sir you explained this perfectly!
I like your slowed down approach and I've learned a lot in the few minutes I was here. At 73 years pf age, it's getting more and more difficult to learn all the time. You have a new subscriber, and I thank you very much for your video.
I'm happy that you enjoyed the video! I wish you the best of luck on your piano journey 😀
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A video I can follow and watch again to really get it into my head and fingers. Easy to follow and easy to listen and understand. Five star ⭐️
After playing violin for 10 years - i finally understand chord progressions. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
I've always loved music. Learned to read music in high school and always dreamed of playing and writing it. However I never understood the 'mystery' of how songs are written and told myself it's only people with a real gift that can do that. However after studying the circle of fifths I found this video and after hearing the progressions and seeing the patterns it finally 'clicked' for me. Wow! Thanks for this great video and explanation that even I can understand! Subscribed.
That's great to hear! I'm glad I managed to help you understand the magic of music 😀
Thank you for the video. After hours of not understanding the progression explained on other sites you finally made me understand that the idea is to combine the individual notes of the chord however you like and with different variations - you were the first one I found to explain this important piece of information. I thought you'd have to play the exact same chords, but that didn't make sense. Now I get it! Thanks!
Glad I could provide some insight :)
Thank you so much Simon!! for these tutorials!! They are helping me a lot! You explains clean and simple! Well done keep going!!
You give so much usable and practical info in such a short time. I'm a beginner, 3 months in and still trudging through the fundamentals which I know are the dues you have to pay. But your videos give me a glimpse at what's possible not very far from now.
Thanks for what you do. Really helpful.
wow thank you so much. I actually took lessons for some years and was out of practice, I just picked it back up but I couldn't understand the progressions, this video was very helpful.
"Just use 1-4-5 it's simple !" *proceeds to use out of scale embellishments"
I'm with you on that
After hitting chord 1, hit key e only , then hit F key only after chord 4 and then hit chord 5
Yeah I noticed that too. Not good to do to beginners
He only used an inversion of the G chord. It might be confusing for a beginner but it's not out of scale.
No shit. Do as I say, not as I do, yeah?
Well done. Very clear and concise instructions. I appreciate some theory to understand how progressions and song melodies are created.
Now subscribed. Thank you for sharing...
Excellent short course. Thank you the demonstrating the progressions in a clear concise learning format. Appreciate the information.
I love the way you got straight to the point and explained and showed how to use progression. Also I did not understand the difference between the major and minor basic chords,
This lesson really broke some ice for me.
Thank You
You're great teacher, making hard things simple. Great, love it.
I appreciate your teaching style and would like to get the most out of it. Can you recommend [for a beginner] a series of your tutorials and the sequence in which to watch them? So far the few I have watch and used as guides have been great.
Thanks to your video about the chords,(triad), root keys etc...I was able to sing few songs with the piano I recently bought. Thank you. Your videos are so straight to the point.
Thank you so much for your videos. I play guitar and just bought a midi keyboard to record my songs and wanted to know the basics of chords on piano. You are a great teacher and you go straight to the point. 🙂
Thank you a million! This is a big help to me learning to play piano by the chords! I’ll keep looking for more of your teachings! ❤️👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Utterly Impressed!! Amazing video. I'm going to practice these chords now.
The best tutorial I have seen simple .. and yet powerful and beautiful thank you so much it’s a great help
Well done! Thank you for taking the time. Very clear and inspirational
This is well explained for chord progressions but I think for beginners as the title states you need to mention that you used chord inversions and give a brief rundown on what chord inversions are. As a beginner I have a mini breakdown when I saw you using inversions as I haven’t gone in depth in inversions yet 😂
Awesome video for beginners : D! I hope whoever is reading this is haveing a great day ❤🐥
Helpful video- Thanks for providing examples after each chord progression!
Very well explained. Thanks for this video. Looking forward to more videos from you.
One of the best beginner explanations I've heard. Thanks.
You're welcome!
I read music and would really like to master the improvisation techniques. Thank you for your inspirational videos.
I love the name, “Mercy!”
Very informative. This short video gave me clarity on a basic concept that has been so confusing for me until now..... thanks
Just started piano a week ago, an absolute beginner. Best progression video I have seen yet. I can start slow and progress from here.
Very well explained , STEP by STEP, clearly and slowly! NO bull shit here! We seen many tutorials, they do NOT know how to teach! This is an excellent class! We enjoyed it , and look for more POP song samples , and classic rock n roll, etc! This guy can explain HOW CHORDS work with songs, and how to USE Roman Numbers that relate to many songs! Good job " Piano Pig." and good songs to work with , nice BASE too!
This class was very helpful, thanks so much!! Learning a lot from your tutorials!
This was a very basic knowledge tho
It's the first video among many that has helped me learn chord progressions, with clarity
Do you understand even vaguely how English grammar works, or for that matter how English at large works?
Also, did anybody ask for you to say “look at this dude he’s so good”? Because yeah, we know, we wouldn’t be watching him if he wasn’t
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Sweet! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos :)
Just want to thank you .This video is very clear and easy to understand chords I am very grateful for your clarification of the lesson prof.
Been watching this teachers videos for a day now. Has helped me get my head round things others have tried to explain many times 👍
great video, very useful! do you have a video showing the same chord progressions in different keys? would be very helpful for my trying to grasp the basics of piano.
When I play a song for the first time, I don’t know which chord progressions to play with the given song. So I use this method to extemporaneously reconstruct and/or approximate the chord progressions on the fly by using the following four steps as I listen to the song in my head:
1. The last root note of the basic chord (not inverted chords) of a song is almost always the same note (+1 or more octaves below) as the final note of the song/melody (or final note of the opening stanza/verse).
2. When the melody progresses upward or downward chromatically, the root note of the basic chord is often 3 note intervals below (+1 octave) the melodic notes played on the main down beat (or sometimes immediately after the main down beat if the down beat melodic note is just a passing note).
3. Otherwise, the root note of the basic chord is either 1, 3, or 5 note intervals BELOW the melodic notes played on the main down beats (or immediately after the main down beat). Try playing some traditional Christmas carols on piano in the key of C to easily confirm this simple correspondence between melodic and root notes.
4. Form the chords by playing the root note and the notes at 5, 8, and 10 note intervals above the root note. Add intervals 7 and 9 to jazz it up.
Use these four steps to identify the chords to play with any given song melody (if you’re playing the piano) by simply and literally watching for the melodic notes played on the right hand on the main down beats - a process I’ve come to call “playing by sight” as opposed to “playing be ear”.
If you’re not playing the melody and just playing the chords, you’ll need to “play by ear” and use your ear to identify the melodic notes as you sing the melody in your head using the solfege (do-re-me) method and apply the steps above to identify the root notes and chords.
Thanks so much! Brilliant tutorial.
Thanks for taking the time ,I appreciate it
5:47 - 6:08 somehow this part sounds so beautiful and I'm excessively attracted to it.
Ikr
It is because he is using upper structure chord/notes
Thank you! That suddenly made sense to me.I had been watching quite a few of these chord progression videos which for someone that can't read music, or understand theory,were too complicated and overwhelming. I do not intend to become a concert pianist (at my age! ha ha!) I just want to be able to accompany myself on some simple tunes,for my own growth and amusement. Again thanks,I gave you a thumbs up 👍
Thank again, I'm a beginner and after watching yr teachings. I cant wait to get started.
Excellent video. Really clear on how chord progressions work, including use of inverted chords. I'm only a beginner, and you've really helped me understand some basics. Thank you. Only being picky here, but at 5:33 and 5:42, you play an F major chord instead of the D minor in the I - vi - ii - V progression in C. So, you are demonstrating a I - vi - IV - V chord progression.
it's been a year since you've posted this comment. how have your piano skills evolved?
4 is the most common way to reharm / alternate the 2 chord
@@audioplugg5310 It's a good video but the example isn't a 1625. That's confusing. It was confusing to me. A total beginner is going to be completely lost with the last example. They're not going to know when to use a flattened 7th in Major. EDIT: I do like he took the time to highlight the keys on top. Makes it easy to follow.
@@fraxille_ Where's the DFA? He uses FAC instead in the entire example.
@@audioplugg5310 it's been a year since you've posted this comment on his comment. did you receive a reply yet?
OMG !
Great Teacher.
Coz I've learned, finally.
Left hand plays the bass or chord, right hand plays the notes within the chords.
Awesome!
Thank You, I have learned.
That’s not exactly accurate
Thanks! Great concise lesson of exactly that what others forgot. Please keep'em coming!
Thank's for the positive feedback man! There's plenty more videos on their way :)
Taught very beautifully. I saw some other videos also but being a beginner couldn't understand. Your method is simple. Thanks..
I have really enjoyed this video. I will try to use it as a... lesson. I'm trying to learn Pedal Steel Guitar, so it's going to be a long bridge to cross, before my journey is through. I may never use any of this in my playing, because I only play country music, but having earned the ability to use this info at will, can urge me along with my learning. I Think.... Thanks, I will watch your other works as well.
Thank you this was very clear, trying to play piano again
Great tutorial, very well explained with really helpful demonstrations. Thsnks
very informative. helped me understand this a lot better than i did with other videos. thanks for slowing it down for me!
Oh wow this helps so much understanding the major and minor scales! I’m starting to realize that music is just patterns similar to math 🎹❤️ I’m still a beginner but I’m starting to understand it! Thanks so much
Yep! A simple, but pivotal realization that eventually made itself known to me was how the majority of harmonic relationships are cyclical in nature! Commit to learning and memorizing what the cycle is comprised of, and it'll become surprisingly evident how everything elegantly relates to each other!
So if you are playing the chord progression of C Which is CEG or any of the major and minor keys with your right fingers, what keys do you play with your left simultaneously?
Yes, I agree! 🎶🎹💙
It's a bit confusing to beginners when suddenly you change to inversions.
Thank you, PianoPig, this video is inspiring. I learned piano as a kid (for years ...), got to an OK level, then did not have access to a piano for over 60 years. I got a keyboard last year with hopes of maybe being able to play a bit, but found my brain-to-fingers connections were frustratingly lethargic, or non-existent . . . so after a few disappointing attempts the keyboard went back in the box, and under the bed. This video has encouraged me to dust it off and try again. Great teaching job. Muchas gracias amigo.
Very informative lessons, and enjoyable too. I find the Piano Pig sites well worth watching.
Philip E.
Great instruction!
A chord progression I like is 1, 3, 2, 5 (or C, E minor, D minor, G), though don’t know any songs using it as such; but a good progression if you want to compose ‘easy to play’ stuff!
Thanks for making everything so simple......... I'm very to subscribe to your channel
Thanks for sharing this bit of study, it helps me a lot in my practice 🤙🏽🎶
So far the best tutorial ive seen 😍 keep up the good work sir
cool stuff!!
Thanks!
Udo Matthias
If you play some patterns with this chords in slow tempo so we can able to learn.. i want to learn some easy patterns.. please help me
Yes, I found it useful. I'm trying to write a song in the Key of D, and your video helped. Thank you.
I just discovered your site and also glad I did! These videos are so helpful!!! Thank you fo making them!!
Damn I didn’t understand this at all but cool playing dude
What didn't you understand man? Watch it a few more times and go through it step-by-step and you'll get it eventually! :)
me2
Same here 😂
PianoPig y r y not showing the inverted chord
i cant follow this its too much info ,
4:00 Brain: Office Theme Song
No, its progression is G maj, B min, E min, C maj
LOVING THESE VIDEOS!! Re-learning SO much!
This was very helpful and clearly explained. Thanks!
Great video. But There is a difference between banging four chords and the way you play them. This is what’s missing in this video : the kind of melody / improvising that you did
Yeah yeah I just want to find that thing and don't understand it at all and everything are acting if we know what's it all about
Somethin'123 takes more than watching a video once.
He's using the same chord, but different form.
Which of these chord progressions is good for hymn playing?
Fantastically explained, enthused me, as you have suggested, I will practice in all keys, thank you.....
Best video to explain this. You ve done it so well. Thanks so much.
Is there a good book that u can recommend on chords progressions ?? Good vid
I finally knew what Progress Chord was without having to have a piano
Love this lesson! Thank you!
Me looking for videos on chord progression, and finally stumbled on one that worths it ❤❤❤ thanks for clear explanation video
Him: "all together we have C major, A minor, D minor, and G major"
Me: "Okay im following you I can do this".
Him: @5:34 *throws in rogue F note...😈
Me: 🤯*instantly loses all hope*
Lmao same
Really helpful .nice work
1:27 'vii' should be written as 'vii°' to show it's a diminished chord
Clear as a bell . Your teaching sound ( voice) is easy my the brain ....ego less...you will be successful a long time.....Eternal Thanks ..
This was a fantastic lesson for a beginner, easy to understand, thanks very much.
You say c major, f major, then g major….
Ez enough
Then you play something eternally different
He went down an octave
I learned a lot from this, so I thought I'd return the favour and teach you.
4:40 isn't pronounced "No woman, no cry", it's "No woman, nuh cry", which in Jamaican Patois means "No woman, don't cry. "
Explained by Wiki: The "nuh" is pronounced with a short schwa vowel (a "mumbled" vowel, often represented as "uh" in spelling) and represents a clitic ("weakened") form of "no". It is the equivalent to the contraction "don't".[8]
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing, I've learnt something new today 🙂
Thank you for this PP.
Thank you this will help to understand the other genres of music. I mainly sing and write Jazz .
2:23 comienzo de las progresiones.
quick summary for beginners: 0- :3: 59 shows chords. After 4:03 and onwards - plays the chords but adds in different stuff that makes no sense and is too fast for someone new to catch on.
Brilliant information, thank you so much
Very helpful for beginners, thank you!
C-Am-Dm-G or C-Am-F-G?!
Both of those are nice chord progressions and both are worth knowing! I would say the C-Am-F-G progression is more commonly used though!
there is an inversion between the G and D
What about if it's a minor scale and not a major...do the chord progressions not work ???
I am learning the chords on the left hand and the melody on the right, is this ok to do ?
Yup!
@@Piano_Pig good thanks !
Amazing... how well explained - and not by a robotic voice! Im sure I can progress just from these short videos - thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
EXCELLENT LESSON!!!!🎹. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!🙏🙏🙏
Very nice tutorial! at 5:35 you used F as base key with Dm (instead of D), was that intentional?
Good spot Abbe! No I don't think that was intentional! But it still worked because F is the relative major of D minor so they are pretty much interchangeable :)
+PianoPig what does that mean? Have you got a video that explains that? Thanks
+PianoPig Thank you! I was curious because I'm newbie to this whole thing, and I learned something new today, thank you again and keep up the good work.
+My name
I don't have a video on it no, I will make one soon! But basically every chord either has a relative major or minor, if you are playing a major chord to find out the relative minor you just need to go down 3 half-steps from the root note and vice versa. Eg, You're playing a C major chord and you want to find out the relative minor, play the note C and go down 3 half-steps... you get the note A. Therefore the relative major of C is A minor. Check out the 'circle of fifths' - it has all 12 keys with their relative minor keys as well, very useful!
+PianoPig I noticed this too. Since you played a C instead of a D with your right hand when your left hand had played F, then it's F major, not D minor. So the progression played was I-vi-IV-V actually. Please advise. Thanks
Sir ...I need to learn how to play gospel progressions
So, so useful!!! Thanks so much!
Loving these videos man, thank you so muuuuuch.
An also very common progression is
vi - IV - I - V
05:44
YOur playing F maj ( which is the fourth chord ) , which is not part of the progression .
1/6/2/5
Just to showcase ?
Good spot! I think that was actually just a mistake (probably muscle memory to blame!). But it still worked because F is the relative major of D minor so they are pretty much interchangeable :)
Ward de jager thanks for that catch. Had to watch about 3 times to catch it. Learned so much in the repeats!
Im aware about this immediately.. he is doing 1 - 6 - 4 - 5 progression
They may be well interchangeable, but with Dm instead of F the progression has quite a different feel to it, so I spotted the difference at once
@@Vik51272 I had to slow motion the video to catch half of this stuff.
So happy I found your videos! So helpful thank you so much
Been looking for this video! Thanks 🎹🐷