5 Out-of-the-Ordinary Chord Progressions for Songwriters (easy to hard)
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In this video, I show you 5 captivating, out-of-the-box chord progressions, each using different chords outside their key, that any songwriter can use immediately to make your chord progressions more interesting, sophisticated, and creative.
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One very talented young lady sharing these. ❤ Thanks 🏴
The second progression IS in key:
It’s D Mixolydian. All the chords are from the “parent key” of G major.
smartass
@@airborn1015 all I was clarifying was all the chords are diatonic (because the video implied that the chords weren’t all in a key signature), all share the notes of “G major”, which are the same notes as D mixo
I know that Amy knows this, but I commented bc I thought it could possibly confuse some viewers
@@airborn1015 our “disagreement” may be ultimately semantics/terminology, but I’m definitely not incorrect. I’ll clarify again. The three chords, D, Am7, G are not “in the key of D major” they all ARE in the key of G major. The Key Signature that would be written on sheet music for this would be G major (one sharp, f#), not the key of D major (two sharps, f#, c#)
So, the parent key/key signature is G major. But if the tonic/1 chord is then D (which is the V of G) then it’s the fifth mode of G major, the mixolydian mode, D Mixolydian. Not “D major”, (bc D major has a C#, and the Am7 chord has a C natural). In the mixolydian mode, the V chord is minor. If one were to solo over that progression, one would use D mixolydian (enharmonically identical to G major). If one used “D major” it would really wrong on the Am7, because you would be playing the major third of the chord instead of the minor third that the chord has)
A correct understanding of music theory IS useful, but not always necessary.
@@airborn1015 that progression is on D mixolydian. There was never an A major chord. The PARENT key is G major. The tonic is D. The progression is “In D” but it’s not “D major”. A “borrowed” chord comes from outside a diatonic key center, all three chords are IN the diatonic key center of D mixo/(G major). I’m not gonna explain it any more. I’m pretty knowledgeable about this shit. I studied it as a teenager in the 1980s, further studied in college, and taught guitar privately for 7 years (before becoming and English teacher). I’ve been a performing musician on the side for 35 years. I politely tried to clarify something (for general readers of the comments), but you persist in “correcting” me. I don’t mean to be rude, but I’m done responding. You win. Have a nice day.
The Modal Monster bares its toothy grin
That half diminished shape is a keeper-use it all the time. It's really great arpeggiated in a blues or jazz run.
YES! Or as a passing through chord, for example in just a two chord progression. When I play the classic song Horse with No Name, I usually slide in a B half dim between E minor and D/F#, sounds fucking rad by the way
This is a fabulous demonstration and lesson. I hope you do more like this.
This is my new favorite channel. I've been watching a bunch of your videos on lyric-writing and I'm learning so much. This video (the first I'm watching that's not about lyrics) is just as interesting and helpful as the others. I don't play guitar, but it's very clear how to transfer the chords to piano. Thank you for all this great content!
Exceptional! Your video got my 6-string sounding completely fresh and new! So easy to process and follow - you have a real gift for teaching. Thank you, Keppie!
Your are so inspiring, very natural and relatable. Great teaching technique. Love it. Many thanks . Very helpful. Cheers Colin
Love your lessons - so inspirational! Thanks so much ; )
Thank you so much for your content! It’s wonderful and it inspires me to have curiosity when making my own songs. Thank you!! ❤
Solid gold theory
You GO girl!
Just discovered this channel. Great information, tremendously well presented. Love it, and subbed!
Thanks Keppie, I love how you exlained this. I love your guitar playing too. So glad I found your channel!
loving the latest videos of you guys, super useful. amazing channel 🙏
Great! Would love to see more interesting progressions!
Always nice to try new chord progressions, thanks! I'm going to go try them tonight.
Great video! There’s always that rut where you know the basics of painting within the lines but don’t yet realize that there are no lines. It’s about what sounds right for the mood, melody or the words you are singing. I do believe Elliott Smith used something like this to great success with his chord progressions. It’s unclear whether he knew what he was doing or just used his ear but he mixed things up really well.
Thank you for your inspiring content. As a composition exercise, I tried writing a piece ("Less Travel'd") that incorporates all five of these exotic chord progressions. Quite an ethereal result!
Always a pleasure learning from you! Thank you
Just... Thank you! I happened across your video early this AM, and my guitar decided to write some music. Of late, it had gotten bored with me, and our time together had become routine. You brought sparks back to our relationship. Thank you!!
just found your channel, I've been playing a long time but feel stagnant, there are some lovely chord progressions here, i feel inspired
Amazing hints! Many thanks!
Exaclty what I needed, thanks!
Awesome Keppie! Its good to see you out here!
Loved this lesson. Thank you!
So glad to have stumbled across your channel.
I'm definitely going to be trying some of these out.
Really useful progressions, beautiful too, not to mention really nicely explained.
Awesome video! Great rut buster! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you I sometimes switch keys for the chorus but I have rarely gone outside the key within a verse. These are so helpful
I love this channel. Thank you ❤
I love this video! Thank you for taking the time to make it!!!
Great progressions for looping away calling melodies out of thin air, thanks!
really appreciate this. Having a ball with these progressions.
loved the third one :)
Thank you.
brilliant love this!
That was great, really presented, thanks!!
Love your style and your videos!
This was fantastic. I’m not a songwriter, but I’m always looking for interesting chord progressions for loops.
Subbed and will be digging through your back catalogue of videos now. Thanks!
Very useful lesson. Thanks. I love to run across ideas (progressions, in this case) that I hadn't used or thought of and seeing if I can turn them into songs (or parts of songs). I like your open, generous spirit. Just subscribed to your Patreon page.
What a stupendous presentation! I was just thinking about putting together a progression that doesn't include the tonic, and here it is. I'm excited to explore the rest of your channel. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, thank you very much!
❤❤ I am so glad I found yr channel.
Some awesome chord shapes here. Thanks.
Good stuff...life long learner here, and there's always something to learn. Thank you.
very cool .thanks love your style!
Really good video! Super helpful for doing exactly what you've laid out--getting out of a rut.
Great lesson. Thank you 😊
Excellent video. Great work
This is blummin amazing !love it and subbed .I get the feeling I’m on another guitar learning curve .thanks keppie 🙏
Great progression selection as well as teaching
simply awesome :) many thanx, LOVE 2U
Keppie, you are an excellent teacher and these are great chord progressions. I'll be re-watching, pausing and adding these to my chord vocabulary. Thank you!
This is so brilliant!! Getting Diatonic theory under my belt was life changing for me… Your approach is perfect for opening new ways of thinking and “hearing” new song ideas! ❤️❤️❤️ Love this!!! Thank you 🙏🏻!!!
What an awesome video. Thank you!
Your ability to teach is exceptional. Thank you.
This is great ❤
One of my favourite out-of-the-ordinary chords is in Nick Drake's "Saturday Sun".
It goes down a fairly straightforward, but very pleasant progression, with a nice descending bass, through C, G/B, Am, C/G and then throws in a gorgeous F#dim7 that never fails to make me go "oof!"
He slips it in beautifully again later, in what I suppose you could call the chorus, going from F to F#dim7, which really piles on the tension, before easing into a lovely conclusion with C, A, Dm7, G, C.
It's so good!
I'll check it out!
@@htws Your husband's a lucky guy...you have it all, just wanted to pass on.Also, thanks for sharing that Fm6 chord, wasn't even aware of that, just worked it into very melodic melody with Travis picking.
Yeah. That's a great song, indeed. I know what you mean with THAT chord.
Oh man Nick Drake is/was AMAZING. Didn't he tune his guitar to like Csus?
F# and C are tritones to one another.
Thank you Keppie, you are an inspiration!
This is right at the level of theory I currently understand. So helpful!
Like that visual making the ii V smaller in relation to the rest of the progression to show it's outside the key. Very intuitive for me.
Excellent video, thanks so much for sharing the knowledge... I am still learning after many years of playing. Many blessings to you
I am really enjoying your channel, such wonderful progressions! I will be recommending your stuff to our local songwriter group. I am sure it will be well received! Thank you, what you do matters.
Really like that transition from the diminished chord to the fourth major 7chord on that last progression.
Lovely!
Best songwriting video ever!!!
this is great! i was looking for inspiration and here it was! that 2nd mixolydian one sparked something and a song is on its way! thank you!!!
i love to learn new things from you ❤
Very cool! Thanks!
Just found your channel. The first chord progression was something I discovered a few years back, but the rest a new to me. Subbed.
Very very cool. Informative. Fresh. Different. Thank you so much!!!
great lesson .... cool stuff
i love this channel !
Great lesson, thank you
these are all going to become new songs of mine!!!! :) thankyou
Beautiful vídeo. Thanks
I just stumbled onto your channel...Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, i just found your channel, you are so talented. thanks for the great lesson!
love your videos and way of teaching. Its really great :0)
Thank you ❤
I love these videos.
Great! Cheers 👍🏻
im so happy i found this channel
Super nice, love it. Thanks, I'm just looking for cool progressions to make songs sound different and I love borrowed chords!
Nice changes! I think your 4th example is not likely to be analyzed by many people as starting on the vi-minor, though - you've got a V7-i movement from the last chord to the first, so C#m7 is really the i chord (especially given how common - by including the chord before it - a bVImaj7 V7 i progression is). Not as clear, but I'd also agree with another commenter that the 2nd progression is probably best looked at as V - ii7 - I - I.
It could also be useful to describe why these changes work - for example, the 1st example is really all about the following note movement C -> D7 (keeps c in chord and moves the 5th of C - g - down to the 3rd of D7 - f#) then D7 -> F (keeps c in chord, keeps a in chord, and moves the 3rd of the D7 - f# - down to the root of F - f) then F -> Fm6 (keeps c in chord, keeps f in chord, moves 3rd of F - a - down to 3rd of Fm6 - ab) and then back around Fm6 -> C (keeps c in chord, moves 3rd of Fm6 - ab - down to 5th of C - g - AND moves root of Fm6 - f - down to 3rd of C - e). Very strong voice movement of g->f#->f->(->f)->e and, starting on D7, a->(->a)->ab->g (and then back down the g->f#->f->e). Anyway, thanks very much!
Well done.
I am so happy I found this channel. so amazing! That 251 turn around tho!
This channel deserves to go BIGGER than the huge ones !
your videos are awesome. Even if I haven't used any of these progressions yet the video triggered some thoughts and I discovered a new progression that I just used on an old unfinished song,
Here are a couple of out of sequence changes that I like.
Quite a few Eagles songs step from a major chord straight to the corresponding minor triad eg Desperado where there is a step from C major to C minor. Technically it might be a modulation but it sounds good.
Another change I like is in When You're Gone. Most of it cycles around Dm F C and G but an occasional Bb appears almost as a turnaround.
Enjoyed this tutorial
That was awesome 😎
Hi Keppie, this is a fantastic video. I bought both of your and your colleague's courses and they were THE BEST. Very inspirational. Thank you :)
awesome awesome awesome video!
I love your voice.
First time seeing one of her videos. Well presented and good personality!
Watched this a dozen times and it is rewiring my guitar brain....
I've used #5 a few times...sounds really cool on a piano!
What a wonderful lesson! Thanks so much for this! Liked and Subbed!
You could do that all day. Well I could listen to you do that all day. (And play along). Love your vids. Thank you.
Awesome video! A really nice little modification/add-on for number 4 is to sub a C#maj7 in for the C#m7 every so often! Delightful little modal surprise.
You are excellent.
I loved your “ forget about where this orange came from and focus on how much juice you can squeeze from it” approach ❤
😊 normally my line is, “you don’t need to grow the rice to cook it in 10 minutes”!
In the end it’s all about food 😂
Nice presentation.