Here I got you, some extra tips for punk rock chord progressions to really get the most out of things and pump out songs: - Downpick only - Tempos above 150 bpm for sure (unless it's some kind of breakdown or sludge part) - Stick with Melodic Minor, or Harmonic Minor progressions and do not be afraid to add random chromatic alterations or sudden key changes - Write things with thrash beat and blast beats in mind - Lots of tremolo picking power chord progressions - Move around the fretboard as fast as possible, as well as change power chords between strings constantly - Use two finger power chords, just the 1 and 5, to maximize your speed on the fretboard - Keep the bassist in mind though and don't go too extreme
I've been trying to write songs recently and I've been trying to avoid the axis progression because it can come across as very cliche but I broke down and decided to write one and it ended up being one of the better songs I've written lol. Turns out there is a reason so many songs use it. It's incredibly easy to write with and my song came together in about an hour.
"weird times" has to be my favorite out of all of them. I don't really go for that style but to me, it sounds the best fit for you. I am a one man band so I have been doing all my songs solo. I stumbled on your video to get more ideas on what to write next. you look like an old buddy of mine from elementary school. who knows maybe you are idk. Anyways thanks for this video it helped me out a lot and your tunes are not half bad keep it up and rock on.
This is good information to know thanks for sharing. Been trying to find the correct chord progressions and I am stuck. You have great songs on spotify. Love it.
Thanks dude, I really appreciate this! I'm trying to write this song for this short film. I have a starting point I've been messing with but this helps so much! 🤘🏾Love the hair color too. 💚
Awesome video bro! I’ve been wanting to go for the classic pop-punk sound for my music so these are really helpful thanks a million. (Also I love your Harley Tattoo, especially since it’s the classic design.)
@@anndynegative yep sure did alot of songs they did were like that Steve Jones even does a tutorial on how to play them it's interesting to see cause he plays them the original way in the tutorial
The 5th chord is the most unstable. It sounds like you're saying a perfect cadence isn't as satisfying as a Plagal Cadence. Which is the opposite of everything I've learned
This is really useful. Ive played in many bands, some quite good, some absolutely horrible, but all by ear and on powerchords, learning some actual chords and how they can be applied is gonna open up some different possibilities. Except the greenday shit, but thats still good to know, so i know how to make sure i never sound like greenday. I play varied styles from 80s hardcore to BR or NOFX style melodic punk, but using these fatter chords will reduce my dependance on dubbing to get that melodic sound.
I wrote a song about my mom's slippers, and this video really helped me out. (I used the Rancid progression on the verses, and the American Idiot progression on the chorus.)
uh so you spoke some misinformation here. 5 is the strongest resolving chord in any progression or key. not 4, not 6, but 5. 5 contains the leading tone that happens to be the 7. so if you’re in C the 5 chord is G. G is spelled G B D and the leading tone in that chord is B, which happens to be the 7 in C. This chord has the strongest and resolution and least stable sound on its own
Great job on this video! I loved it. I wanted to give some music theory insight on the video. At around 4:00 you talk about "the doo wop progression". This is very true that this progression is most famously used during the 50s and 60s. But I think you got your thoughts on the 4 chord, 5 chord, and 1 chord a little backwards. 4 is called Sub-dominant, 5 is called Dominant, and 1 is called the Tonic. 4 is actually a weaker return to the 1 chord, and is called the Plagal Cadence. 5 has a strong pull back to one that makes it nearly impossible to play a 5 chord within a song that already has a defined major key, and not have the listener expect or hum the final (tonic) note in the sequence. So this is to say that the resolution of 4 to 1 does not give you as much a feeling of completion as 5 to 1 does. You claimed the opposite, and that the 5 chord is more stable. I just don't think this is true, as I was taught the exact opposite, and many reasons why. The chief reason being that the 5 chord contains the 7th degree of the scale as it's third. (G contains B in the key of C.) If you're ever just playing notes in the key of C, and you happen to hit B, you'll notice that you definitely want to hit C shortly thereafter- just like when you played through the C major scale, it was almost irresistible to play the 8 or octave of C, once you had reached B. In fact, many songs in the key of C, in the "tag" or final line of the chorus, might sing B to C. It's the strongest way to make a melody feel complete, ended, finished, and at rest. And so when you play G in the key of C, and it has that B note in the chord, you feel this strong pull back to C, back to the one, because that half step wants to be resolved. If you add in F (the 7th of the G chord in the key of C) to the G chord, then the instability increases exponentially, and many listeners may even find the chord dissonant, especially on it's own- but when used to return to the one, there are few resolutions that feel as complete. This is because adding F to the G chord creates what's called a tri-tone, which is regarded as one of the most unstable intervals in music, in the sense that it is begging for resolution. In the case of G7, or the notes G B D and F, B and F form the tritone. The tritone can be resolved in different ways, but generally considered the strongest way is "resolving the tri-tone inward", where B comes up to C and F comes down to E. All of the tension is relieved, and you have arrived at your 1 chord, once again. (Unless you have used this tritone principal to change keys by placing an out-of-current key 7th chord degree on another chord besides the 5, of course, but that's getting REALLY advanced!) "Inward" refers to the way the notes resolve based on how the notes are laid out on a piano. A quick google search for "resolve tritone" yields someone saying a shortened version of what I have just said :) Perhaps the confusion lies in the idea that the RESOLUTION of 4 to 1 is more unstable than the resolution of 5 to 1. This is actually something people say that is true. But this is not because the 4 chord is more unstable than the 5- the 5 is more unstable than the 4. And more instability in a chords makes for a strong resolution. However, the resolution of 4 to 1 is commonly thought to be less stable because the 4 chord is a more stable chord, so resolving a 4 to one gives you the feeling of completion- but not quite as strong a feeling of completion as 5 to 1. Some people describe 4 to 1 as being "an open resolution" "a soft resolution" and "resolved but not quite fully satisfactory, giving you the feeling of rest at home base, but the feeling that the music might not be completely over yet." Now something that definitely leads into what you're saying is that pop music seems to use the 4 and the 5 as interchangable options to return to the 1. Narrowing our focus to Punk, the 4 resolution actually seems MORE common than the 5, for what reason, I'm not quite sure, but whether you use the 4 or 5 to get back to the 1 is a definite matter of taste, and both resolutions are very strong. 4 is an interesting chord because it leads to 1 very well, but also leads to 5 very well. Personally, I enjoy both resolutions for different reasons, and sometimes one or the other sounds better to me based on the context. Especially for Pop-Punk songs, if you start using the 5 a lot, things can start to sound a little more traditional and if you add the chord's 7th to it (Adding an F note to the G chord in the key of C) then it is an EXTREMELY strong pull back to 1, and can even sound kind of jazzy if you want to think of it that way (though countless genres use this as a resolution). The thing that seems odd, though, is your assertion that the 5 chord is "stable". The opposite of that is what you are taught in most music theory. 5 is actually the most UNstable diatonic chord, (except perhaps the 7diminished) the very strongest pull back to the one, the "Authentic Cadence", as some call it. Any time you just play a 5 chord, especially if you have already established the major key to the listener, and even more so if you are playing the third of the 5 chord (which happens to be the 7th major scale degree) you do NOT feel just comfortable resting there. However there IS a situation with the 4 chord where if you just play a 4 chord, especially without the third, it can be perceived as an inversion of the 1 suspended chord, with the 4th scale degree in the bass. Or, to give an example, an F power chord in the key of C could be called F, or it could be called Csus4(No5)/F. Which, if the F was played higher than the C in the chord, you would have a C suspended chord with no 5th! And this is probably why ending on a 4, especially on a 4 power chord, can feel resolved- but not quite TOTALLY resolved, yet still stable enough to end. Because a 4 power chord is a rearranged suspended 1 chord with the 4th in the bass. And a suspended 1 chord feels stable, but not totally stable. But I noticed you are familiar with 7's in some amount, at least in the minor key, because when you talked about "Green Day #2" having a Bb chord, you said it was very unstable and wanted to be resolved back to one, and that was very true.
At 5:16 it sounds like you say "This chord progression is actually a chromatic chord progression, which means that it's not in the major or minor scale because it uses all of the notes in C." I'm not totally sure how you meant this, or if I misheard the last part, but it would make a lot more sense to say "this chord progression uses a lot of chromatic intervals or adjacent half-steps, which means it's not in the major or minor scale because it disregards that to play neighboring tones on the fretboard." Also, the progression is not entirely chromatic, as the first chord change is from C to Bb. But I'm sure you knew that. The chord progression definitely implies C minor, but it's true it doesn't stay within the confines of any one key, making it mostly a chromatic progression. So this all seems fair enough I guess. I just got confused as to why you said it "used all of the notes in C", when the entire point was it disregards C major or minor to use chromatic intervals :). Now, I know you're using power chords for everything, so the chords you're playing are not actually major or minor. But just so beginners don't get too confused, I would go ahead and say the major or minor chord they are standing in for. Because in most musical circles, if you just say a letter, it means a major chord. And while you don't need to know all about major and minor chords to use power chords, it will just make it easier on everyone if minor chords are noted as "Am" and so on, even if the voicing you play has no third. So that way, you don't have as many people running around just saying "A, C, D, G is my progression!" confusing other people because they didn't tell them what chords were minor, all because they're playing power chords. Can you imagine playing in a band with someone like this, or trying to interpret their chord sheet that lists no minor chords because they only use power chords? 🙈🙈😆Inappropriate major! Out of key thirds! "Why are you playing so many blues notes?" 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣 That information about major and minor is so important, that I think it is better kept even when using power chords and teaching them, and if someone chooses to play a power chord voicing, then great for them, but even they should know whether the chord they're playing a power chord for is standing in for a major or minor chord. At the very least, if we want to be very true to the power chord angle, it would be best to name them things like "C5" or "C5(No3). This is just a preference or opinion, you can teach it whatever way you like, but I think this preference is a helpful one. Especially since this kind of lesson is shot straight at a beginner that stands a significant chance of not knowing any better than to list every power chord as a plain letter hahahha. Trust me, during my younger days, I occasionally just put down letters for the power chords I was playing in the margins of song notes, and in subsequent years I found myself getting confused for a moment when I played them all as major chords and it sounded UNUSUAL. 😆 Lastly, I think part of the reason you cannot stop thinking of your favorite songs when you play these progressions is because you name them after the bands or songs and then play them exactly as they were rhythmically played in the song. Hahaha, like for instance, you start playing Green Day #2 with a totally different rhythm or tempo or syncopation, you might find that it sounds totally different, maybe even inspiring for a new song! I have experienced the "can't stop thinking of that song" syndrome, many times though. It's hard! And knowing what bands these come from is part of the fun of the video. All in all a great video and you have a really great knowledge of music and great video making skill, and an enjoyable personality. I also love your guitar tone! And there are a lot of progressions here that people can use and make great songs with. My challenge: make a single original song containing ALL of these progressions!!!!! (Okay maybe 5 is enough HAHAHHAA!!) Sending love, and enjoyed it, and subscribed :)
Had to post this as two parts... Thought you might think it was funny, i guess the comment was too long, so the YT app told me "your request contains an invalid argument". I, of course, incredulously stared back at my phone screen and declared, "MY ARGUMENT IS NOT INVALID!" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😋
Your argument is INCREDIBLY valid. Thanks for sharing all this, I will be the first to admit that my music theory knowledge is lacking. Always glad when people call me on this stuff so I can learn more. My goal is just to get people writing based off my very skewed idea of how to write songs! Thank you for the in-depth response...I will have to read it 4 or 5 more times now 🤣
@@anndynegative I am so glad you took it well!! Just trying to offer some helpful pointers. I think you're a really cool awesome dude and your way of writing songs is not skewed!! If it works, it works. I used to note the structure of my favorite songs in my DAW and then formulate a new song directly after them, piece by piece. 😂😂😂😂 Now that was interesting... The results occasionally came out a little more similar than I might like to admit 😂😂😂😂😂. Hahahaha sounds like you are like me, rereading long responses to fully process everything. Yes, I definitely think you have helped a lot of people start writing and starting a song idea, I promise you you are doing very good and your songwriting is not skewed, everybody gets confused about theory every once in a while, I know the number of times I said something incorrect about music theory when I was learning it were numerous. I am actually not super knowledgeable. I just know some of the basics. But I'm glad you saw it and replied, and sorry it was so long. I appreciate you and I encourage you to keep making videos because it was extremely well done, and music theory stuff will come with a little time. You already have a solid grasp on many things. On a side note... You are WAY better at making UA-cam videos than I am. And way better looking.
What do you do after make up a verse or with one of these chord progression and you want the other part of your song to sound different but still fit with the song
I'm writing one about my last Tennant "roommate" he was horrible but I'm struggling to find my sound. A combo of some minors and majors but it's a difficult process
Any advice aandy negative I'm trying to use these on keyboard but it helps making beautiful music until I use a different voicing. Maybe I need to watch more content on punk like rhythms lol
Question. I am pretty new to guitar. But are you in standard tuning and just playing the root note and the fifth note for all the chords you are playing?
I believe in this video my guitar is in Eb Standard so every string is tuned down one semi-tone. Otherwise yes, the root and the 5th and occasionally the octave
Do you have any advice for transforming non-punk songs into punk songs? If the songs is mostly major chords anyway it's not hard but when it has minor chords thrown in the song doesn't sound punk anymore. For example: trying to change Imagine by John Lennon into a punk song.
I have a playlist of videos where I turn pop artists into punk songs. Check that out for inspiration! And remember, powerchords always sound like punk and they don't need to be major or minor
Who authorised those terms?? Specifically those names like duo prog??!! Are they really taught in general music theory?? If so then from which source?? Please specify.!?
where can we find these chords as diagrams or tab? I can't figure them out just from looking (veeeery new to guitar... but once I see it I can play it!)
i am willing to learn but i dont know where to start, if you can start punk rock guitar course that would be great, i am arab from arab country where punk is almost unheard of and most of rock music in that sense, i want to play punk and express myself, i have bought a guitar but i lack learning materials....
Hey, quick question. I recently got an electric guitar and was looking to make my guitar sound similar to yours. Are you using a pedal to make it sound like that or do I just not have the right settings on my amp?
Just finding this video and hate to pull rank but need to clear up some theory here. You say that 4 to 1 is a more satisfying resolution because it's unstable compared to 5 to 1. While there is an argument here, 5 to 1 is the most complete resolution. If you ever want to pull the audience's attention, go 5 to1. In contrast 4 to 1 is often heard as a suspension, or a subtle easy feeling resolution. In fact the chord 4 doesn't really exist if you account for suspensions. That's why it feels like it "slides" into home. The reason you may not feel 5 to 1 is as strong is probably the set up before 5 and/or the voice leading. Great video but needed to clear that up!
The numerical values of the scale chords stay the same no matter what key you're in (1-3-5, etc) the only difference is in dropped D you move every chord on the low string up two frets
I have a guitar I’m going to buy, it’s a left handed Yamaha from 1992 but I have no info on it, I searched everywhere and there’s no vid or info about it :(
That's okay! It's tough to learn a new language, and music theory can be confusing at first. Maybe try watching a few other videos (there are people much better at explaining it than me) and then come back. You'll get it!
guys you got 10 songs for your local punk band
Lolzz
Here I got you, some extra tips for punk rock chord progressions to really get the most out of things and pump out songs:
- Downpick only
- Tempos above 150 bpm for sure (unless it's some kind of breakdown or sludge part)
- Stick with Melodic Minor, or Harmonic Minor progressions and do not be afraid to add random chromatic alterations or sudden key changes
- Write things with thrash beat and blast beats in mind
- Lots of tremolo picking power chord progressions
- Move around the fretboard as fast as possible, as well as change power chords between strings constantly
- Use two finger power chords, just the 1 and 5, to maximize your speed on the fretboard
- Keep the bassist in mind though and don't go too extreme
Good tips. But don’t worry, the bassist is just fine.
For my own reference
Axis: 0:50
Doo Wop: 1:53
Ramones: 5:17
Descendents: 6:18
Misfits: 8:16
Rancid: 9:17
I play in drop C. And the variation of the axis I like to play is 156434. It has a very easycore type feel to it.
I'm gunna try that out!
I know nothing about music theory, if the 1564=CGAF what would the 3 here be?
@@apedosmil06 E
Between this and your video on punk guitar and power chords this is basically the beginning punk rockers handbook! Thanks for this andy!
Pop punk bootcamp ;)
@@anndynegative 06:56 or any cliche progression / cadence
07:56 Hit the Road Jack
Your tone is amazing, capt crunch!
Yaaaarrr that's very kind of ya! ☠️
I've been trying to write songs recently and I've been trying to avoid the axis progression because it can come across as very cliche but I broke down and decided to write one and it ended up being one of the better songs I've written lol. Turns out there is a reason so many songs use it. It's incredibly easy to write with and my song came together in about an hour.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
I really love your videos, as a punk rocker/metal guitarist I really respect you a lot, I just done creating my own punk rock music
Thank you! Congrats on making your own music! You should be proud :)
@@anndynegative thank you so much!!
Dude I’ve been waiting for this 😎
Your patience is noted and appreciated!
"weird times" has to be my favorite out of all of them. I don't really go for that style but to me, it sounds the best fit for you. I am a one man band so I have been doing all my songs solo. I stumbled on your video to get more ideas on what to write next. you look like an old buddy of mine from elementary school. who knows maybe you are idk. Anyways thanks for this video it helped me out a lot and your tunes are not half bad keep it up and rock on.
Hopefully I gave you something to work with! And who knows...maybe we did goto the same elementary school
Wow! I feel like I hit the jackpot with this video! I've been stuck in 1-4-5 for way to long!
Get writing!!!
I got my start playing 50s music with my dad in bars so I use the “doo wap” progressions a lot. Great video!
We gotta bring the doowop back!
This is crazy I thought you would have a million subscribers and this video had a at least 100,000 views you’re underated man!
Haha that's very kind of you :) glad you liked the video!
I’m writing a song with a punk vibe to it… I needed a little help and I think I got it. I’m not sure which progression I’m going to use yet.
Good luck!!!
@@anndynegative I used one or two of them!
Very informative. Punk rock music theory should be a class.
Agreed!
Great content!! This really helps when you want to express a mood in a song!! 👍🎸
Glad to be service! Good luck writing!!!
love watching your videos awesome content dude.
Thank you Andy! Perfect supplement to my guitar lessons, and made so much sense!
This is good information to know thanks for sharing. Been trying to find the correct chord progressions and I am stuck. You have great songs on spotify. Love it.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck on your journey!!!
this is one of the best videos in youtube. The dark side of the moon of the videos
Well jeez 🥺
Thanks dude, I really appreciate this! I'm trying to write this song for this short film. I have a starting point I've been messing with but this helps so much! 🤘🏾Love the hair color too. 💚
That's amazing! Good luck, I'm sure you'll do great :)
The usefulness for punks of this video going to smash the rooooof!!Thanks a lot for work man!
Aww yeee!
5:00 also known as the Led Zeppelin "Babe I'm Going to Leave You" progression or the Chicago "25 or 6 to 4" progression.
This was so helpful. thanks Mr.Negative 😎👍🎹
Glad to help!
Awesome video bro! I’ve been wanting to go for the classic pop-punk sound for my music so these are really helpful thanks a million.
(Also I love your Harley Tattoo, especially since it’s the classic design.)
Amazing! Glad it could help in some small way. Good luck on your journey. Also thanks, classic Harely is best Harley
This really helped me with some theory concepts. Very helpful man.
Glad to help!!!
excellent lesson my friend thank you
Glad to help!
Good punk song to play and is a short progression is Anarchy in the UK it's C F G in Barre chords 😁
Great song! The Sex Pistols had a lot of Blues influence in their music...just a lot faster and louder!
@@anndynegative yep sure did alot of songs they did were like that Steve Jones even does a tutorial on how to play them it's interesting to see cause he plays them the original way in the tutorial
@@terryscrewloosesings very cool! I'll try and find that
@@anndynegative this is the link ua-cam.com/video/5xzXr8VObcE/v-deo.html
The 5th chord is the most unstable. It sounds like you're saying a perfect cadence isn't as satisfying as a Plagal Cadence. Which is the opposite of everything I've learned
This is really useful. Ive played in many bands, some quite good, some absolutely horrible, but all by ear and on powerchords, learning some actual chords and how they can be applied is gonna open up some different possibilities. Except the greenday shit, but thats still good to know, so i know how to make sure i never sound like greenday. I play varied styles from 80s hardcore to BR or NOFX style melodic punk, but using these fatter chords will reduce my dependance on dubbing to get that melodic sound.
Amazing! I'm glad you found this useful. I hope that you can take the information and make something super fun and unique!!! You got this!
This one was super helpful bro and can you do another one like this
I wrote a song about my mom's slippers, and this video really helped me out. (I used the Rancid progression on the verses, and the American Idiot progression on the chorus.)
That's awesome! Did you show it to your mom?
@@anndynegative she doesn't know about it yet. It'll be a Christmas present. 🎄 😊
@@anndynegative thanks 😊
@@anndynegative Update: I played and sang it for her and my brother this Christmas, and they both loved it! Thanks. :)
Thank you so much for this video. This was awesome!
Happy to help!
More stuff like this please
You got it
Great video! Thanks!
My pleasure!
uh so you spoke some misinformation here. 5 is the strongest resolving chord in any progression or key. not 4, not 6, but 5. 5 contains the leading tone that happens to be the 7. so if you’re in C the 5 chord is G. G is spelled G B D and the leading tone in that chord is B, which happens to be the 7 in C. This chord has the strongest and resolution and least stable sound on its own
Yea, I'm pretty much learning as I go. Stoked that people are checking me on this stuff
@@anndynegative For sure dawg. Keep it up though bro, you’re doing good stuff!
Punk's not dead! Nice work.
Hell yea!
0:03 *plays the first keys of C Major*
"Ah yes, "Dammit" by Blink 182" lol
I use what I call the knowledge operation ivy progression a lot
vi-IV-I-V is so popular nowadays I'm surprised it wasn't on the list
Great video mate👍
Thank you friend!
I'm pretty sure none of those bands gave a thought on what "chord progression" they were using
Exactly!
Great job on this video! I loved it. I wanted to give some music theory insight on the video.
At around 4:00 you talk about "the doo wop progression". This is very true that this progression is most famously used during the 50s and 60s. But I think you got your thoughts on the 4 chord, 5 chord, and 1 chord a little backwards. 4 is called Sub-dominant, 5 is called Dominant, and 1 is called the Tonic.
4 is actually a weaker return to the 1 chord, and is called the Plagal Cadence. 5 has a strong pull back to one that makes it nearly impossible to play a 5 chord within a song that already has a defined major key, and not have the listener expect or hum the final (tonic) note in the sequence.
So this is to say that the resolution of 4 to 1 does not give you as much a feeling of completion as 5 to 1 does. You claimed the opposite, and that the 5 chord is more stable. I just don't think this is true, as I was taught the exact opposite, and many reasons why.
The chief reason being that the 5 chord contains the 7th degree of the scale as it's third. (G contains B in the key of C.)
If you're ever just playing notes in the key of C, and you happen to hit B, you'll notice that you definitely want to hit C shortly thereafter- just like when you played through the C major scale, it was almost irresistible to play the 8 or octave of C, once you had reached B.
In fact, many songs in the key of C, in the "tag" or final line of the chorus, might sing B to C. It's the strongest way to make a melody feel complete, ended, finished, and at rest. And so when you play G in the key of C, and it has that B note in the chord, you feel this strong pull back to C, back to the one, because that half step wants to be resolved.
If you add in F (the 7th of the G chord in the key of C) to the G chord, then the instability increases exponentially, and many listeners may even find the chord dissonant, especially on it's own- but when used to return to the one, there are few resolutions that feel as complete. This is because adding F to the G chord creates what's called a tri-tone, which is regarded as one of the most unstable intervals in music, in the sense that it is begging for resolution. In the case of G7, or the notes G B D and F, B and F form the tritone. The tritone can be resolved in different ways, but generally considered the strongest way is "resolving the tri-tone inward", where B comes up to C and F comes down to E. All of the tension is relieved, and you have arrived at your 1 chord, once again. (Unless you have used this tritone principal to change keys by placing an out-of-current key 7th chord degree on another chord besides the 5, of course, but that's getting REALLY advanced!) "Inward" refers to the way the notes resolve based on how the notes are laid out on a piano. A quick google search for "resolve tritone" yields someone saying a shortened version of what I have just said :)
Perhaps the confusion lies in the idea that the RESOLUTION of 4 to 1 is more unstable than the resolution of 5 to 1. This is actually something people say that is true. But this is not because the 4 chord is more unstable than the 5- the 5 is more unstable than the 4. And more instability in a chords makes for a strong resolution. However, the resolution of 4 to 1 is commonly thought to be less stable because the 4 chord is a more stable chord, so resolving a 4 to one gives you the feeling of completion- but not quite as strong a feeling of completion as 5 to 1. Some people describe 4 to 1 as being "an open resolution" "a soft resolution" and
"resolved but not quite fully satisfactory, giving you the feeling of rest at home base, but the feeling that the music might not be completely over yet."
Now something that definitely leads into what you're saying is that pop music seems to use the 4 and the 5 as interchangable options to return to the 1. Narrowing our focus to Punk, the 4 resolution actually seems MORE common than the 5, for what reason, I'm not quite sure, but whether you use the 4 or 5 to get back to the 1 is a definite matter of taste, and both resolutions are very strong. 4 is an interesting chord because it leads to 1 very well, but also leads to 5 very well.
Personally, I enjoy both resolutions for different reasons, and sometimes one or the other sounds better to me based on the context. Especially for Pop-Punk songs, if you start using the 5 a lot, things can start to sound a little more traditional and if you add the chord's 7th to it (Adding an F note to the G chord in the key of C) then it is an EXTREMELY strong pull back to 1, and can even sound kind of jazzy if you want to think of it that way (though countless genres use this as a resolution).
The thing that seems odd, though, is your assertion that the 5 chord is "stable". The opposite of that is what you are taught in most music theory. 5 is actually the most UNstable diatonic chord, (except perhaps the 7diminished) the very strongest pull back to the one, the "Authentic Cadence", as some call it.
Any time you just play a 5 chord, especially if you have already established the major key to the listener, and even more so if you are playing the third of the 5 chord (which happens to be the 7th major scale degree) you do NOT feel just comfortable resting there.
However there IS a situation with the 4 chord where if you just play a 4 chord, especially without the third, it can be perceived as an inversion of the 1 suspended chord, with the 4th scale degree in the bass.
Or, to give an example, an F power chord in the key of C could be called F, or it could be called Csus4(No5)/F.
Which, if the F was played higher than the C in the chord, you would have a C suspended chord with no 5th! And this is probably why ending on a 4, especially on a 4 power chord, can feel resolved- but not quite TOTALLY resolved, yet still stable enough to end. Because a 4 power chord is a rearranged suspended 1 chord with the 4th in the bass. And a suspended 1 chord feels stable, but not totally stable.
But I noticed you are familiar with 7's in some amount, at least in the minor key, because when you talked about "Green Day #2" having a Bb chord, you said it was very unstable and wanted to be resolved back to one, and that was very true.
At 5:16 it sounds like you say "This chord progression is actually a chromatic chord progression, which means that it's not in the major or minor scale because it uses all of the notes in C."
I'm not totally sure how you meant this, or if I misheard the last part, but it would make a lot more sense to say "this chord progression uses a lot of chromatic intervals or adjacent half-steps, which means it's not in the major or minor scale because it disregards that to play neighboring tones on the fretboard."
Also, the progression is not entirely chromatic, as the first chord change is from C to Bb. But I'm sure you knew that. The chord progression definitely implies C minor, but it's true it doesn't stay within the confines of any one key, making it mostly a chromatic progression. So this all seems fair enough I guess. I just got confused as to why you said it "used all of the notes in C", when the entire point was it disregards C major or minor to use chromatic intervals :).
Now, I know you're using power chords for everything, so the chords you're playing are not actually major or minor. But just so beginners don't get too confused, I would go ahead and say the major or minor chord they are standing in for. Because in most musical circles, if you just say a letter, it means a major chord. And while you don't need to know all about major and minor chords to use power chords, it will just make it easier on everyone if minor chords are noted as "Am" and so on, even if the voicing you play has no third. So that way, you don't have as many people running around just saying "A, C, D, G is my progression!" confusing other people because they didn't tell them what chords were minor, all because they're playing power chords. Can you imagine playing in a band with someone like this, or trying to interpret their chord sheet that lists no minor chords because they only use power chords? 🙈🙈😆Inappropriate major! Out of key thirds! "Why are you playing so many blues notes?" 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
That information about major and minor is so important, that I think it is better kept even when using power chords and teaching them, and if someone chooses to play a power chord voicing, then great for them, but even they should know whether the chord they're playing a power chord for is standing in for a major or minor chord.
At the very least, if we want to be very true to the power chord angle, it would be best to name them things like "C5" or "C5(No3).
This is just a preference or opinion, you can teach it whatever way you like, but I think this preference is a helpful one. Especially since this kind of lesson is shot straight at a beginner that stands a significant chance of not knowing any better than to list every power chord as a plain letter hahahha.
Trust me, during my younger days, I occasionally just put down letters for the power chords I was playing in the margins of song notes, and in subsequent years I found myself getting confused for a moment when I played them all as major chords and it sounded UNUSUAL. 😆
Lastly, I think part of the reason you cannot stop thinking of your favorite songs when you play these progressions is because you name them after the bands or songs and then play them exactly as they were rhythmically played in the song. Hahaha, like for instance, you start playing Green Day #2 with a totally different rhythm or tempo or syncopation, you might find that it sounds totally different, maybe even inspiring for a new song! I have experienced the "can't stop thinking of that song" syndrome, many times though. It's hard! And knowing what bands these come from is part of the fun of the video.
All in all a great video and you have a really great knowledge of music and great video making skill, and an enjoyable personality. I also love your guitar tone! And there are a lot of progressions here that people can use and make great songs with.
My challenge: make a single original song containing ALL of these progressions!!!!! (Okay maybe 5 is enough HAHAHHAA!!)
Sending love, and enjoyed it, and subscribed :)
Had to post this as two parts... Thought you might think it was funny, i guess the comment was too long, so the YT app told me "your request contains an invalid argument". I, of course, incredulously stared back at my phone screen and declared, "MY ARGUMENT IS NOT INVALID!" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😋
Your argument is INCREDIBLY valid. Thanks for sharing all this, I will be the first to admit that my music theory knowledge is lacking. Always glad when people call me on this stuff so I can learn more.
My goal is just to get people writing based off my very skewed idea of how to write songs!
Thank you for the in-depth response...I will have to read it 4 or 5 more times now 🤣
@@anndynegative I am so glad you took it well!! Just trying to offer some helpful pointers. I think you're a really cool awesome dude and your way of writing songs is not skewed!! If it works, it works. I used to note the structure of my favorite songs in my DAW and then formulate a new song directly after them, piece by piece. 😂😂😂😂 Now that was interesting... The results occasionally came out a little more similar than I might like to admit 😂😂😂😂😂.
Hahahaha sounds like you are like me, rereading long responses to fully process everything.
Yes, I definitely think you have helped a lot of people start writing and starting a song idea, I promise you you are doing very good and your songwriting is not skewed, everybody gets confused about theory every once in a while, I know the number of times I said something incorrect about music theory when I was learning it were numerous.
I am actually not super knowledgeable. I just know some of the basics. But I'm glad you saw it and replied, and sorry it was so long. I appreciate you and I encourage you to keep making videos because it was extremely well done, and music theory stuff will come with a little time. You already have a solid grasp on many things.
On a side note... You are WAY better at making UA-cam videos than I am. And way better looking.
The Exploited had the most aggressive progression IMHO.
Nice guitar sound, metal sharp and clean! Can you tell more about your equipment and settings?
Thanks! There's a few videos on my channel covering the kinds of tones I use (most are free!)
I will try to do it on my piano
I believe in you!!!
MFW the first two "punk progressions" are Blink 182 and 50s boy bands.
Both progressions are used by tons of punk and rock bands, so
@@anndynegative Cool, hold my beer while I listen to actual punk music and not Blink 182 and the Backstreet Boys,.
good to see kids trying punk styles some of it isn't true to the original chords , but good stuff none the less ...punks not dead
You're damn right 🤙
Good stuff. Thanks.
My pleasure!
great video
What do you do after make up a verse or with one of these chord progression and you want the other part of your song to sound different but still fit with the song
Thank You This Video Was Helpful
My pleasure!
Btw for anyone wonder the 1st Green Day progression is based off of the song brain stew
Yes! And Hitchin' a ride :)
I'm writing one about my last Tennant "roommate" he was horrible but I'm struggling to find my sound. A combo of some minors and majors but it's a difficult process
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I learned a lot, wtf. I never learned so much in music theory in 1 video
Any advice aandy negative I'm trying to use these on keyboard but it helps making beautiful music until I use a different voicing. Maybe I need to watch more content on punk like rhythms lol
This so helpful thanks,keep doing and you got 1 sub from me 🙏
Glad it helped!
Question. I am pretty new to guitar. But are you in standard tuning and just playing the root note and the fifth note for all the chords you are playing?
I believe in this video my guitar is in Eb Standard so every string is tuned down one semi-tone. Otherwise yes, the root and the 5th and occasionally the octave
Great video! Are you truly playing squirrel-handed 🐿 🎸 or is your camera flipped? That’s a beautiful axe btw!
Indeed I am a backwards man haha
Do you have any advice for transforming non-punk songs into punk songs? If the songs is mostly major chords anyway it's not hard but when it has minor chords thrown in the song doesn't sound punk anymore. For example: trying to change Imagine by John Lennon into a punk song.
I have a playlist of videos where I turn pop artists into punk songs. Check that out for inspiration! And remember, powerchords always sound like punk and they don't need to be major or minor
Thanks- just starting out- so helpful!
You're going to have fun
Who authorised those terms?? Specifically those names like duo prog??!! Are they really taught in general music theory?? If so then from which source?? Please specify.!?
where can we find these chords as diagrams or tab? I can't figure them out just from looking (veeeery new to guitar... but once I see it I can play it!)
i am willing to learn but i dont know where to start, if you can start punk rock guitar course that would be great, i am arab from arab country where punk is almost unheard of and most of rock music in that sense, i want to play punk and express myself, i have bought a guitar but i lack learning materials....
Got any material on Misfits or Billy Talent?
There's a misfits progression in this video
I’ll definitely be back✊
🤙
Hey, quick question. I recently got an electric guitar and was looking to make my guitar sound similar to yours. Are you using a pedal to make it sound like that or do I just not have the right settings on my amp?
I'm using an Amp Simulation plugin for the guitar tone here. Typically I use a guitar amp with a clean boost pedal to get me tone!
@@anndynegative which amp Sim are you using? Sounds quite good.
@@AbitLippy I've got a couple video covering amp sims on the channel 🤙
Just finding this video and hate to pull rank but need to clear up some theory here. You say that 4 to 1 is a more satisfying resolution because it's unstable compared to 5 to 1. While there is an argument here, 5 to 1 is the most complete resolution. If you ever want to pull the audience's attention, go 5 to1. In contrast 4 to 1 is often heard as a suspension, or a subtle easy feeling resolution. In fact the chord 4 doesn't really exist if you account for suspensions. That's why it feels like it "slides" into home. The reason you may not feel 5 to 1 is as strong is probably the set up before 5 and/or the voice leading. Great video but needed to clear that up!
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I think I should of spilt my bong water because it’s a fucking ball room blitz
I'll get a mop!
10 octave chord progressions....??? 🤩
Interesting... 🤔
How is the C in the one five six fingered?
I like your guitar tone, how to get that tone?
There's a video called Free Punk Rock Tone on my channel
Hi, name of the Green Day songs? please.
In C?
Yes
F flat fucked me up
What tuning is your guitar
Eb Standard
i know this dude from cringy emo tiktoks but this shit is helpful af
How would you translate this to drop d and drop c?
The numerical values of the scale chords stay the same no matter what key you're in (1-3-5, etc) the only difference is in dropped D you move every chord on the low string up two frets
I have a guitar I’m going to buy, it’s a left handed Yamaha from 1992 but I have no info on it, I searched everywhere and there’s no vid or info about it :(
Do you have any other info like model name?
@@anndynegative yes I do, it’s a Yamaha RGZ12LPL hss superstat from 1992 Floyd rose
@@sniff790 I knew some people with RGZ back in the early 2000s. They're pretty decent guitars, how much are they asking for it?
@@anndynegative 350
please don’t steal it lol, it’s the only guitar I can afford I have none :(
Are we getting into copyright territory if we write and release a song with these riffs?
Nah, you're good
damn thats the way i play all the time.. can someone tell me how normal people used to play
I watched the music theory and still don’t get it :(
That's okay! It's tough to learn a new language, and music theory can be confusing at first. Maybe try watching a few other videos (there are people much better at explaining it than me) and then come back. You'll get it!
You look like Jim punCarry
...and now, all your Chords Are Belong To Us!!
Wouldn't 2 finger power chords sound better? That's all I play
Depends on the situation, adding the octave gives a bit more depth to the voicing
I'll have to learn barre chords which I really struggle with lol
What about the bass chords for those
calling the 4 in C Fflat instead of E xD wtf
damn Im too dumb to learn from a lefty.
Your idea of unstable chords and their reasons for resolution is a bit strange you should study part writing harmony
learnt more here than a year of theory in music college
how you not gonna call the doo wop progression the misfits progression to keep with the punk theme
nvm got further in the video saw that you referenced that
Punk? Marginally
U get undeserved hate.
take these chord progressions and never play anything else. ever. lol
EXACTLY
Calling blink and green day punk (and not “pop-punk”) is kind of dumb
Grandpa, it's time for a nap. I got your metamucil ready on the table next to your Fox News chair.
@@baronvonbeandip ASKDLJFLKASJ it's really funny reading this cuz i'm literally a brazillian commy. But yeah, killer sense of humor mate
This is more cringe he than a 9 year old doing a fort nite dance after he just tagged somebody out in the middle of a baseball game…
Dang shuttup fr
Huh