How do you know what piano chords go together?
Rhodes asked:
I wanna write a song on piano, but I haven’t really learned chords and stuff. I know a few chords but they don’t sound like they go together to write a song. Could you guys give me some tips on writing songs?
I wanna write a song on piano, but I haven’t really learned chords and stuff. I know a few chords but they don’t sound like they go together to write a song. Could you guys give me some tips on writing songs?
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well…..i suppose, and this is basic, okay? like really really basic but your average pop song that you hear on the radio is made up of four basic chords: I, vi, V, IV
ok in layman’s terms: for example, take your C major scale:
C D E F G A B C
C major is your first chord (aka “tonic” or I),
A minor is (vi…the 6th chord in a C scale),
next is G major chord (V or 5th chord in a C scale) and
F major (IV or 4th chord in a C scale)
it’s a very simple chord progression which many artists use (albeit it does tend to get kinda boring but u can mix it up later on). if u mess around with these 4 chords, it’s relatively easy to create a melody to sing to etc.
for an easy start, perhaps try
Am (A minor) chord, F major chord, C major chord, G major chord and repeat.
listen a lot to the songs on the radio for rough ideas. hope this helped. sorry if it got confusing. it seems so simple to me coz ive been playing the piano for a quite a while now but good luck! mandz
I’m been composing for a LONG time so I can tell you where you need to start. I know exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. You need to practice remembering what chords are compatible to one another.
For example a D G (Bflat) chord is compatible with a G (Bflat) D chord.
Did you see how they contain the same notes but are arranged differently?
Look at a d minor scale:
D E F G A (Bflat) (Csharp) D
Any of those keys are acceptable for a d minor song. So if you used chords that are combinations of any of those keys, you can be 90% sure to be fail safe. That’s a good place to start.
Now look at an a minor scale:
A B C D E F (Aflat) A
Play the following chords:
(A C E)
((Aflat) C E)
(F (A flat) C)
(E A C)
Those are all in the scale and you just created a tune to an a minor song
Recognizing what doesn’t sound right is the beginning of learning what DOES sound right.
Experiment a little and find out what works what doesn’t
Hope this helps FlingerShock