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My Top 5 Chord Progressions (+Chord Rotations) – incl. Energetic Chords (Hit Song Chord Progressions Part II) Understand what your basic emotion is and what sub-emotions you can use for color.

Beautiful: Colorful (Mix Major/Minor with Minor 7 & Major 7).

Romantic: Positive, dreamy (Mix Major with Minor 7 and/or Major 7).

Nostalgia: Happiness with a lot of sadness (basic emotion Major with Minor).

Craziness: Overly positive, with an edge (mix Major with Dominant 7).

The chords are enhanced by a wistful superimposed bell melody (shown in red). We’ve got Dm > Dbaug > F/C > Bm7b5 > Gm/Bb > Dm / A > Abdim7 > A7.

Excitement: An overly positive emotion (use only Major) Step 12: Our final progression this month is also in the key of Dm, and features a chromatic, descending bassline that never fails to conjure up a melancholy feeling.

Quantity is key here! The more you use of a certain emotion, the more your song will start sounding like it.

Your second, third and fourth chord color your basic emotion.

So if you pick a major triad for your first chord, your progression will sound happy, pick dominant 7 and it will sound funky. Dreamy: Suspended (neutral), Minor 7 (beautiful), Major 7 (floating).These can be grouped into 4 basic emotions: The types of chords that are of interest to you in pop music are: The first chord of your progression determines your basic emotion. I’ll show you a progression that starts on the vi chord, like this: vi IV I V.

If you want to be able to create any emotion you want, in this article I will show you how.Īnd by the way, if you’re just looking for a list of usable, commercial chord progressions, check this. We all learn about the ii-V-Is and the turnarounds, but what are your chords actually doing with your audience? The science of writing a great chord progression is still very much in its infancy.