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42 Replies to “How To Choose Chords (Songwriting 101)”

  2. I've been self-teaching myself on piano for about a year and a half. There's very few covers that I can do. Simple stuff like "Imagine". But I have learned enough that I compose my own material. One of the problems I have is my material seems to be outside the norm.

    For example, one of the first ones that I wrote started while messing around (as most of mine). I played a Bm with my right. However, with my left, I played a G octave. Sounded smooth. From there, I went to a C chord with my right and a F octave with my left. Again smooth.

    According to scales-chords.com, what I did was go from  a Gmaj7 to a Fmaj9sus2. Now, I have since learned what the first would be. You're simply adding the 7th. The latter? Beats me, particularly when scales-chords shows Fmaj9sus2 as "F-G-C-E". I played it as "F-C-E-G".

    My problem becomes two-fold. When I come up with something, it works but I don't understand why it works. Secondly, when stumbling onto unusual chords or using an  unusual bass octave, trying to figure out other chords that have the same vibe is pain-staking.

  9. Thank you so much Dylan i was trying to make a song from the bible verses coz its easy to memorize them by singing it and i play ukulele so i was trying to make a chords for them this is very helpful God bless u

  11. Hii my friend love your videos and Tutorials all the time helped me lot thank you so much for making this Awesome Videos I appreciate your work ? and I always wish you get success all the time ?

  12. Really useful clear and lucid explanation of the circle of fifths. Best tutorial site I've come across. So many resources! Thank you Dylan! Please support her on Patreon!

  24. Omg Dylan you're amazing!
    You've helped so much with writing music
    And I plan to one day be a small town musician. YouTube career! You are an important part of this thank you so so much I'm truly inspired!
    Keep being amazing!! ?

  25. I have a wheel graphic for ukulele chords that sound good together – it makes choosing chords pretty idiot proof which I like – I understand about choosing the I-V-vi-IV chords from a scale but that requires counting and half note intervals and just sort of puts me off because it’s not immediately obvious – so the wheel graphic definitely helps me xx

  35. This video was really helpful! I'm thinking of writing my own songs soon and posting them on my channel. Your videos are really nice because I'm a beginner at song writing and I can get help really easily! 🙂

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  42. Great Video, Thank you!
    I would say my biggest problem is chord structure…
    lets say I have 4 chords looped in 8 bars. ( the same chords will loop for the next 8 bars to conplete a verse, or part one of a verse) how would you arrange a progression of 4 chords or more for the pre chorus and then into the chorus from your point of view? I find that my writing becomes extremely repetetive or perhaps the melody begins to "drift" away although it is still in key.. Have you found any interest in "studying" the great Max Martin? He's one of the guys that truly understands intricate and simple songwriting which I've been searching for, for a very long time.
    Hopefully you can reply! Thanks for the video once again!

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