![]() ![]() No book I ever read or video I ever watched explained any of this or the uses doing so possesses so I had to work it out for myself.Įvery time I learnt a new song, I would now go into my Evernote note and write the song down and the chord progression alongside it.Īt first I just put the chords alongside the song name and artist and then eventually I started using the Roman Numeral system but this isn’t necessary. “Why don’t I actually start tracking the chord progressions for different songs? Surely, it will make learning new songs easier”. Quite a few years ago, I thought to myself: I wouldn’t of been able to do this years ago. Years ago, when working a song out for myself I would have messed about with lots of random chords until I eventually stumbled across the correct sequence.Įither that, or worse, I would have looked up the chords on the internet. I was able to do this simply because I trained myself to recognise chord progressions by listening to them and therefore it only took a few seconds to hear it and work it out. If anything, it’s more of a trick – albeit a very useful one. It’s not some sixth sense or superpower I possess. A Powerful Trick That Will Save Lots Of Time He was surprised by how easy I made it look. Therefore I was quickly able to show him how to play it. I hadn’t yet heard this one so we put it on, and within a few seconds I recognised the chord progression as being the Am, F, C, G chord progression as heard in The Passenger and lot of other songs. ![]() One of my students named Josh asked me the other day to teach him the song ‘Indian Summer’ by the band Stereophonics. The main chord progression of C, Em, Am, D for ‘Space Oddity’ is one that you won’t see a huge amount in songs, but the Am, F, C, G chord progression for ‘The Passenger’ is really common. (On the second time round the G is replaced with an E which is unusual.) The chord progression for this one is Am, F, C, G. Now, let’s take Iggy Pop’s classic song ‘The Passenger’. (The C and Em go back and forth before the Am and D come in). The chords for the verse are C, Em, Am, D. The main reason is, doing so will save you a lot of time and make you a better guitarist in the long run.įor those of you not sure, a chord progression is basically a bunch of chords played in a certain order.įor example let’s take David Bowie’s classic ‘Space Oddity’. Every guitarist should learn at least 10 famous chord progressions and know them inside out. ![]()
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