5 chord Progressions EVERY Songwriter Should Know

These are the top 5 Chord progressions every Songwriter, Producer, and Composer HAS to know before writing.
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THE CLASSIC
THE JAZZ
THE DOOWOP
THE AXIS
THE CIRCLE

[@teamunfahigalex6235]

Nice one.
Short and informative. I like it 👌🏻

[@OKU-DA]

Great vid, keep it up! Very useful video for harmonic beginners such as myself. The circle of 4ths is incredible!

[@christopherl4806]

Great job! Thanks for that. (It's refreshing to see younger people still caring about music theory, i.e., harmony, chord progressions, etc.)

[@camkcoffee]

I’m so glad you liked it! Harmony and theory is my bread and butter. I love it!

[@eMontanaJones]

🙌

[@montgomeryelliott1822]

Love it

[@camkcoffee]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@michaell3105]

This is a really great video. I would love some even simpler stuff. You're a good teacher for sure

[@camkcoffee]

Thanks so much, I’m going to try to post a mixture of easier to understand concepts and more advanced stuff.

[@eMontanaJones]

I was told by someone with a doctorate in music composition that the circle/cycle of fourths was everything - he told me to call it the cycle of resolution. He said it's more useful than the circle of fifths. Do you agree?
And Fallout music is incredible! I have a tattoo from a song I first heard in Fallout 3. Those songs changed my taste in music forever when I was a teenager.

[@camkcoffee]

Honestly yeah. Outside of Sonata form and other Western European art music, the modulation to a key a 5th above is far less common. That’s why I tend to think of things in versions of the circle of fourths. The chromatic circle of fourths clearly shows how each chord will resolve and while the circle of fifths technically also can do that, it’s backwards. At the end of the day, there aren’t any hard rules, just conventions so whatever way of understanding the concepts works for you is correct

[@camkcoffee]

Also on fallout! I’m thinking about analyzing how the show uses the music to help craft their story telling and comparing it to the games. My writing has definitely been changed by “orange colored skies”

[@eMontanaJones]

@camkcoffee it was Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall for me 💙 I first heard it in Fallout 3 15 years ago and now Ella is my GOAT. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts. The world-building element through the music to me is unreal.

[@eMontanaJones]

@@camkcoffee I feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose 99.7% of the time. Then something clicks... but not often 😭