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Most Aspiring Songwriters Don't Know How To Use This Chord [But They Should]
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
- musictheoryforg... Trick question: what is the most common chord in every song you listen to?
Easy: it's the first chord of that key. This is the C major chord in the key of C major, the Em chord in the key of E minor etc. But if it is so common, how is it that most songwriters do not know how to use it?
It's easy to underestimate something because it's common and supposed to be simple. And yet, using the first chord in the right way can make or break a song.
Featuring examples from the Beatles and Madonna, here's how to use the simplest chord to write a hit.
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This is French pop music and will not ve well-known outside, but "tous les cris les SOS" by Daniel Balavoine has a verse starting in VIm, a bridge starting in I, and a chorus starting in IVm. A fantastic song by the way.
u pointed out simple things that can have dramatic effects...WOW
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anonagain Yes. That’s the beauty of music. The instruments may differ yet the theory is the same.
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a handy way for de-emphasising the I without deleting it is just commencing a four chord loop in a different position. for example, some I-vi-IV-V songs have a IV-V-I-vi chorus, effectively moving the key centre but keeping the character
Of the songs that I play regularly, two have the root chord in the bridge: Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters and One Way or Another by Blondie. The difference is emphasised by a change in the vocal melody and a break in the rhythm respectively. I'm a big fan of your channel; great content, beautifully presented.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" and "The Nearness of You"...I chord in the bridge. But generally, conventionally, the best songs and bridges and verses save the I chord for the chorus.
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Good stuff. Jerry Garcia's "Althea" not only uses the I chord in the bridge, it actually uses it as a tension chord. Check it out - very clever! Also, this is another song that does not begin on the I chord (E), but on the v (Bm).
To add to the small list of songs that have a 1 in the bridge, there’s also Waltz #2 by Elliott Smith
Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" uses the 1 chord in the bridge/middle 8.... after the line "Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me."
Before watching this video, I wrote a progression for a bridge including the “I” chord that I think sounds nice:
IV-Vsus-V
vi-I-IMaj7
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Beautiful Pop song that uses 1st chord in the bridge is Angels by Robbie Williams, awsome song
The Only Exception by Paramore uses the 1 chord in the bridge but that can’t be the only exception.
Nice one lmaooo 😂
The song is in C (or E when played with capo at 4). The main progression throughout is a V- ii- I. The bridge actually modulates to Am Dorian (Key of G) hence the D Major chord. This works because the I chord, C Major, is shared between key of C and G, therefore acting as a pivot chord to modulate.
@@SelfPropelledDestiny The song is in B Mixolydian! The bridge however uses the chords C#m, B, and F#, ending on E - implying C# Dorian, which resolves tonally to B major (Ionian).
@@gillianomotoso328 You pretty much said everything I said, just transposed to the correct tones. I was merely using C and G as easier key examples (no capo shapes). B Mixolydian (key of E Major with capo) is G Mixolydian (key of C Major with no capo). I guess the bridge adds the vi chord then? And again C# Dorian (key of B Major with capo) and Am Dorian (key of G Major no capo) are just transposed for capo or no capo. So all my interval relationships were the same, just not the exact tonality of the song.
@@SelfPropelledDestiny Good point... I almost never think in terms of a capo lol. That’s why I’m more of a pianist 😂
Loving your videos. There's a few tricks in them I've neglected to pick up. The Rolling Stones' "Angie" uses the first chord in the bridge I think -- just passing through, of course.
So good
An example of using the I/i chord throughout a song as an exception to the "not in the bridge/verse/chorus" idea:
I have a song in Bb minor (largely harmonic minor) where the Bb minor chord happens in every section, but I managed to write the progressions and melody in such a way that each section feels distinct and the Bbm is purposed in different ways. The verse melody only hits a Bb once in each cycle of its progression, and never on the Bbm, and the prechorus melody adds more tension, at one point having an A over the Bb minor chord. Bb in the melody only arrives at the Bbm in the chorus, and even still in a way that doesn't feel fully resolved. In the bridge section(s), the pace changes, time signature changes, and the chords and harmonies change to a more natural minor (in contrast from the harmonic minor in the other sections), but still in Bbm. Having that Bbm throughout the song has it feel cohesive, but the ways in which the chord is utilized and the rest of the song is constructed around the tonic chord keeps it interesting and dynamic.
Tyler Tinari Wow. This seems advanced to me.
Tyler Tinari Even the things in this post seem advanced to me. I don’t know much theory. I know of the 7 chord thing that uses Roman numerals. That’s as far as I’ve got.
I wrote a song where in the verse i use the tonic note in the melody but it only rest on the iv chord and in the chorus i have a stable i - V - i - V progression but the melody doesnt play the root. It happened naturally and never feel resolved.
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About the bridge: Summer of 69 goes something like this: I IV V IV ... BUT it's in a completely different key, which makes it sound "bridgy". This might be a great example of how to use 'I' chords in bridges. :)
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I enjoyed this video also. I do things because it sounded natural to do. Not knowing why. But it appears there is a method to the madnesses
Wichita Lineman (J. Webb) is a good example where the I chord is almost never used in the song. It makes an appearance in the introduction and then that's pretty much it for the rest of the song. The rest of the chords are fairly diatonic but it never comes back to the I, although one can make a nice ending by finishing on the I.
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In Rodney Dangerfield’s voice: “Hey, I know plenty of songs that use the I Chord in the Bridge....ho! but they’re all in new keys.” 😂
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The chord progression demonstrated starting at 2:43 is the one in Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry."
And a million other songs...
When the guys I (usually) jam with play the blues progression, they have the tonic (I) chord in the 2nd and 12th bars. As the bass player, this gets annoying, because there's a run of 6 bars ...
I'm glad to see that you go to E7 in the 12th bar, because there's a descending bassline which runs through the last four chords and the first one: E-D-C#-B, then start again on A.
Simple explanation and easy examples are the heart of teaching.
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There's one more factor, and that's rhythm. I think I read it from Alan Belkin (a classical music composer who writes about theory from a practical viewpoint): a resting tone or chord is not the same on the downbeat or the upbeat...
I agree. I learned the techique of ending melodies on downbeat this way it doesn't sound fully resolved and stable so it keep interesting.
Great info! Simple. but super effective as you said. I will be incorporating these ideas into my music. Thank you! :)
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The I in the bridge is often used in passing between V and IV in a descending passage. Beneath Your Beautiful comes to mind. It (to me) has the effect of resolving the phrase and setting it up to open again. For example: F/G/GCF/. (C being the I.)
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Starting the bridge on the 2 chord is a great idea if you're stuck for what to do...we do that often.
One of ours just keeps the exact same chords as the chorus, we just made it 'open' and changed to a different melody on the vocals.
A good melody line can really be the ticket...though it's not always the easiest thing to come up with...
The ii functions as a subdominant, I believe. Similar to starting on a IV. Leads to a V (obviously - - ii-V). Right in the transitional wheelhouse.
Yeah, the melody is really what it's all about. The chords are kind of just window dressing that's there to frame the melody.
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someone like you by adele uses the 1 chord in the bridge, though only for a short moment and it's towards the end of the bridge
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Very Useful.. Thanks Tommaso
Thinking out loud by Ed sheeran does use the I chord in the bridge
AMKMTF technically, thinking out loud dont have a bridge. Verse, pre chorus, chorus, post chorus, loop that till the end where he repeats the post chorus several times
Very useful info as always! Thank you!
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Most bridge sections in metal are very heavy on the 1 chord. I think this is because they usually make the bridge sound different by switching to a clean tone.
Interesting. However, one of my most favorite ballads „head over heel“ from Alanis Morisette just completely changes from C Major to G Major (or rather D Mixolydian) in the chorus with 2 half tone intervals even thrown in and it sounds amazing.
Would like to hear your take on it.
Such a standard pop chord verse and then a much more interesting chorus.
Fleetwood Mac Dreams has verses made of F and G only hitting Am, presumably the root, at the start of the chorus. Probably why it has that uncertain feel about it.
Am with F of course suggests Fmaj7, Dreams always sounds major 7th to my ears rather than root F/G
@@Deliquescentinsight Yes I don't think they play it that way as a band but I use Fmaj7 on my acoustic guitar. I use G6 too, but not in the chorus. That persisting top E adds to that incomplete feel.
I feel like F and G being the IV and V chord kind of signify C Major even if they don’t play the chord. I think the Am (or actually FM7) of the chorus is then heard as a vi chord (or IV7). I don’t remember the end of the song but I’m guessing they just fade out because it would beg for C to resolve most likely.
@@SelfPropelledDestiny Is that Fmaj7 in the chorus? Music I have seen says Am but Fmaj7 would be consistent with the verse.
Pretty sure C doesn't feature anywhere.
Stevie Nicks wrote it between studio sessions so I doubt much music theory went into it. It's what works with her voice, which always has an unresolved feel to it anyway.
@@mcwulf25 So I've seen both spellings Fmaj7 and Am written, though not sure if this is obvious, but they only differ by an F in the bass, so they are very harmonically related. There is a sort of rule that any maj7 chord contains a minor triad starting on its third, a min7 chord has a major triad on its third, and a dom7 has a diminished triad on its third. Don't know if you've ever noticed that.
Hi...i think the exception of using the key chord in the bridge could be starting the bridge with others chords of the principal chord of the song
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So in my head I heard in the key of C a C then a C7 for the bridge then maybe a F then some Diminished chord then back to the verse. That challenge let me to use a diminished chord but I still don't know what diminished chord that is. I think it's multiple diminished chords like in 'My Only Friend' by Jimi Hendrix. In fact I think Jimi Hendrix used the I in the bridge of his song which is a bluesy thing but it's got some descending chord progressions.
Casey Van I always ask fellow guitarists if they know any diminished chords. They never do. Neither do I, at least not that I can remember.
Magic of the cadences :)
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I guess this is more of a chorus than a bridge, but Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" goes C G Am F for the verses and then jumps to C C7 F D7 for the part that's "I wish there was something you could do or say, to try and make me change my mind and stay". I feel like this part is the tensest part of the song, but it uses a I chord, albeit going to a dominant version of that chord to add even more tension. It resolves by just doing "C G C" at the end ("Don't think twice, it's alright.")
Interesting progression that.
Where does it go after the D7?
I see it goes where I expected...the G chord.
Any dominant 7 chord adds tension but there's a bit more to it here...
So the trick with both the C7 and D7/F# are that they're "5 of" chords. They create tension and lead your ear to the next chord. The C is the 5th interval in the F scale and the D is the 5th interval in the G scale (major or minor).
The F# in the bass on the D7 also adds tension as its 1 semi tone away from the G. It also has a nice walking up chromaticism in the bass which goes F - F# - G.
Check out 5 of chords. They can be epic! There are some really good explanations and examples videos on UA-cam!
Folk, old hymns, classical and even more modern rock -Bohemian Rhapsody and Muse - use this technique.
I love it!
Let me know if that helps a bit.
Cheers, D!
Dustin McCrindle You know your stuff!
@@dustinmccrindle343 Right, I understand dominant 7s.
What I'm saying is counterintuitively, there is a I chord in the bridge. He said to list any songs we knew that have a I chord in the bridge. Though, I guess as I said, it's debatable whether it's really a bridge or not.
It seems like the verse for Who's That Girl is a D Dorian progression i - i - bVII - IV, and the chorus an A minor progression..?
"For You Blue", by The Beatles is a good example of the first simple blues progression he used.
Doesn't it rather sound like a modulation from the tonic Am to the subdominant Dm in the Madonna song "Who's that girl" at the verse ?
5:36 In your exemple 'Let it be' there is the 'I' chord in the bridge : ||: F C | G F C :|| So this exemple is an exception. But I get the point and you're right. Very interesting videos, thanx
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Re: Bridges and examples of I-chords. The bridge of Let It Be ends on a I chord, doesn't it?
Is there a bridge? I thought it was just verse and chorus.
The bridge on "Let It Be" is really more of a turnaround. It's not a proper bridge.
How do I get just the book?
Is there an example of this in classical music?
Thanks.
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Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan uses the 1 chord in bridge
What about songs that have ONLY the 1 chord ? Like some funk songs or rap songs.
I think “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell) never uses the I, even though it’s in a major key. It is a remarkable achievement.
The verse is probably I/V, so it does have a I, just it’s always an inversion.
I can't remember names now but a lot of pop do that already and is also rare a pop song end on the I chord.
I never thought of it that way. I always thought of it as being in the relative minor. But the melody does emphasize the major key, doesn’t it.
What about the negative harmony of the first chord? Is it functionally replaceable as the I as shown in this video?
Alot of chili pepper songs will use the I in the bridge
I believe the song Titanium never uses the 1 chord. Our band used the same progression long before that song came out. I was kind of irritated 🤣 Anyway, I believe it to be in C major with the progression F G Em Am G F. That’s our progression which has the extra chord, the second G. You could argue it’s in Am, just resolving to F as s deceptive cadence. Ours was in C, though we never used C
Might be F Lydian progression
I’m confused by your comment. Titanium is in Eb and it STARTS on Eb. That’s chord I, yes?
Does anyone else notice he does one too many humps when writing an "m"?
It's like when i write banananana and am not sure when to stop...
Jed Phoenix many countries write the M letter with three bumps... two bumps is just the way M is written in printing fonts and on computers...
Nikoo033 Wo. Never knew that.
It's odd because when I write in print I only use two but when I sign my name in cursive I always end up in that same loop of "wait hold on where do I stop this thing" for a second 😅
I thought there was an actual "I" chord! Was wondering what happened to the "H" chord.
@mark heyne In Scandinavia too, sadly. All because of some poor handwriting.
snap out of it am am
I wonder what guitar you’re using? Great videos 🤙
A simple Strat :)
How many lessons are in the complete chord mastery course?
For all questions on the course, write me at tommaso@musictheoryforguitar.com
How to make a simple guitar solo in a major progression??😊😊
Gin Caloi Valyeramos for a simple solo, base it around the major pentatonic scale. If you want to add more edge to it, try using the mixolydian mode. If you want to add more energy to it and make it feel livelier, try spacing out the notes so that they are further apart (you can do this easily by skipping strings and sliding to higher or lower notes along the fretboard) :)
No woman no cry
You want to see a unique progression? Look at Bruno Mars "when i was your man".
Generally if you want unusual progression, check out Stevie Wonder.
“When I Was Your Man” is an amalgam of diatonic techniques. Very expressive, but not novel in my book.
Do you always write sideways?
Where can I learn the functions of stuff like the Bridge, Chorus and Verse? When it comes to writing, I generally have really good ideas, but I have a hard time expanding them. And my main problem, rather than being what progression I want, is how I should organize the Chorus, Verse and Bridge to create something that sounds more like a song than a sample.
Hi Michelle, I suggest you check out songwritinglessonsonline.com There are a lot of resources for songwriters there.
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I just reaaaaally dong agree with almost everything he's saying.. he puts the music in a box so that everything needs to sound the same...
I'm just telling you what songwriters do. I'm not telling you how to make your own music. That's up to you.
Can I just buy the book? Without lessons?
It's not a book. It's a course on video.
Yeah but no mention of why the chord progressions resolve to the tonic the and the interval involved.
“In case you’ve never heard blues before...”
**proceeds to play blues with no blues in it**
😐
He wasn't explaining blues, he was explaining the chord progression.
what i thought were the hair was the beard instead.
why can’t he write an m?
Luke Horton many countries write the M letter with three bumps... two bumps is just the way M is written in printing fonts and on computers...
Because he’s Greek. Their m looks like: μ
"Typically most of the time" makes you sound repeatedly redundant over and over again. 8-)
And yet if I don't say it exactly that way, I get several comments that what I say is not true all the time, and that someone found a counterexample.
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Just saying "typically" or just saying "most of the time" is good enough, though.
@@christopherheckman5392 You would think. Empirically, it is not enough. At least on UA-cam ;-)
May not be a popular sentiment, but applying this kind of theory to your song writing is like buying a Lego set and following the plans. It's a song in a box, and everybody gets the same song with minor variations. I've never understood how anybody can write a song using theory to guide them to the next chord and then thing they've done something special. Just my $0.02