A great way to get started writing a song is to use a well-known chord progression. Certain progressions have been used thousands of times throughout the history of recorded music, so there’s no ...

During this, you’ll hear common relationships that fuel many popular chord progressions. For example, the second chord is a m7 (Dm7), the fourth chord is a maj7 (Fmaj7) and the fifth chord is a ...

Bruno Mars has created a multiplatinum, genre-bending, international music empire. His songs are on charts and playlists ...

The presence of a well-crafted and performed chord progression can often be the glue that gels the song together. If executed well, it should support your melody and lyric, while grabbing ...

According to Bennett, Blink-182 has used the Axis Progression in 15 songs, while Avril Lavigne has used it in nine, leading some people to refer to the run of chords as the Pop-Punk Progression.

But can we copyright a chord progression if it is used extensively in other pop songs? Gaye’s song uses four chords that gradually move upward (I-iii-IV-V). These same chords can be heard in the ...

“Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs ... remarkable about the way that Mr. Townsend had combined a common chord progression and syncopated rhythm in “Let’s Get It On,” and ...

18 - Anna Fedorova - Complete Live Concert - HD Maroon 5 – Memories / Pachelbel – Canon in D Pachelbel’s ubiquitous cello chord progression has inspired plenty of pop songs – from Kylie Minogue’s ‘I ...