By now you’ve probably learned most of the basic chords, you can perform a few different strumming and picking patterns and you can sing a little while you play. You’re thinking of writing a song of your own and maybe you stumbled on a few chords that sound cool together. Maybe you found some cool chords by accident.
Songwriting is all about expressing yourself and finding ways to turn your thoughts or emotions into sounds. Let’s talk about a few tools you can use to help you.
Songwriting is all about expressing yourself and finding ways to turn your thoughts or emotions into sounds. Let’s talk about a few tools you can use to help you.
Where do I start?
We need to find 2 or 3 chords that sound good together. Here we will look at chords in the key of C major and A minor to give us a place to start.
Progressions
When you play chords one after the other you are playing a chord progression.
Structure
A good place to start is with a standard structure. Most pop songs have an INTRO, VERSE, BRIDGE, CHORUS, VERSE, BRIDGE, CHORUS, CHORUS structure.
