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The four chord developments we'll take a look at today aren't intricate or chromatic, however for one factor or another they get used less often in pop and rock music. However even if these progressions are less typical, they are still terrific chord progressions that you might use as the foundation of your own tune!
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0:00 Introduction.
0:30 the "She Loves You" development.
2:59 the "Starlight" development.
4:25 Glarry GDP-104.
5:09 the "Jolene" progression.
6:32 the "Polly" development.
8:00 Minor crucial roman numerals?
11:00 Piano outro & Patreon.
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Great video as usual! Another great song that uses the I – ii- vi- VI chord progression is āHelp Iām Aliveā by Metricā¦
It’s funny David said that the second progression kinda sounds like the Axis Progression because Benny (the Axis pianist) made a Six Chords video which changes one thing every so few songs to go through even way more pop songs and it’s the song I use as a warm up and the progression did immediately feel familiar to me because of it.
The “Polly” chord progression brings back so much like 2012 nostalgia
I would add another less common minor key chord progression.
i – bVII – bIII – bVI
This chord progression has such a very energetic bright sound to it. And that is probably because of the tonicization of the bIII chord, making it feel like you switched to a relative major key than crashing down to a minor tonality.
Love how the 4th progression is used in bangers.
Thank you for all you do here David, you’ve really helped me understand the music I hear and why it makes me feel the way it does, now I can do that I can play better and I can compose better. Most of my teachers weren’t able to explain music to me the way I needed it explained so I’ve waiting most of my life for a resource like this. I just made some buns so having them with tea, will watch this and then play my guitar. Love and GrĆ¼Ćen from Germany.
Thatās great to hear! Iām really glad you find the videos helpful š
My favorite “She Loves You” progression song is “Faster Than The Setting Sun” by Fyfe Dangerfield. I think you’re gonna like it, David!
The transitions between songs are immaculate!!
7:42 this one sound soooo sleek (since Good Feeling uses Levels as its core)
Just out of curiosity: How are you able to come up with half a dozen of song examples for each chord progression without spending a month of research? Is there an online database where you can actually search by type of chord progression?
Much chances he just ask his community on social networks
If your ear is tuned to relative chord progressions, and you know a lot of songs, you just start to think of the songs. I could name a few songs more for a few chord progressions on the top of my head for some of these.
I have been waiting and hoping for you to cover the first chord in this video!! It is my ultimate favorite chord progression in a song. Anytime I hear it I instantly fall in love. I even have a spotify playlist dedicated to it. Some of my favorites with it are Primetime by Janelle Monae, Disparate Youth by Santigold, In My Place by Coldplay, and recently Lay Low by YooA.
i just realized save your tears by the weeknd also uses that progression. and now i’m going to use it in the next song i write! cheers!
And, to go back a few decades, itās Love is All Around by the Troggs.
I’m curious about Adam’s Song. In my experience, the key of that song has been up for considerable debate. A lot of people have suggested it’s in C major, but given the seriousness of the lyrics, I’ve always felt it should be A minor. I now we’re talking six of one, half a dozen of the other in this situation, but I’ve always understood that the feel and mood of the song played a factor in determining the mode.
it’s C major. C feels the most resolved, like home. and serious songs can be in major keys. “stay” by rihanna is a similar example (slightly different chords but close enough!).
Closest thing I ever got to composing a 4 chord loop song used the chords I – V – bVII – IV, so a variation of the I – V – vi – IV. One thing that I noticed about the two major scale ones you mentioned was that they went through the circle of fifths in the “opposite” direction (Am > Em and not E(m) > Am). Maybe that’s why they’re less common but IDK. But I’ll see those loops and raise you |I | iii vi | ii | V | š Even |I |VII iii | vi ii | V | but that’d be borrowing a chord from another key as would | I | (bVII) bIII | ii | V |
Oh, and since 15 comes after 13 in uncommon time signatures, I believe that Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer uses 15/16 in certain parts.
Iāve listened to I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor and In the End countless times but never realized they share the same progressions as Jolene and Polly so that was cool to know, also love that First of October short. Love those guys, Rob and Andrew always create such killer songs
Love how the sequence of Counting Stars, Levels, and Good Feeling could literally be one continuous song lol
The beatles used the first chord progression in the most exciting way.
The “She Loves You” progression also shows up in Til I Hear It From You, co-written by Beatles fan Marshall Crenshaw and recorded by Gin Blossoms. Big song in the 1990s.
That song you wrote at the end gave me chills, really beautiful.