Chord Progressions for Songwriters
Chord Progressions for Songwriters

Author: Richard J. Scott

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0595263844

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Each chapter of Chord Progressions For Songwriters provides a comprehensive self-contained lesson on one of twenty-one popular chord progressions that every songwriter should know inside and out. Lessons cover ascending, basic (I-IV), blues, circle (VI-II-V-I), classic rock (I-bVII-IV), combination, descending, doo-wop (I-VIm-IV-V), ending, flamenco (Im-bVII-bVI-V), folk (I-V), introduction, jazz (IIm-V-I), minor blues, one-chord, pedal point, rock and roll (I-IV-V), standard (I-VIm-IIm-V), and turnaround progressions as well as rhythm and Coltrane changes. You will learn how key, duration, substitution, variation (adding or subtracting chords), and displacement (rearranged chord orders) are used to vary the sound of each progression. You will also take a look at the author’s songwriter’s notebook and work through exercises to reinforce key chapter concepts and get you started building your own progressions.

Money Chords
Money Chords

Author: Richard J. Scott

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780595010394

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Money Chords is a comprehensive reference book of popular chord progressions. It identifies the eighty most popular chord progressions that have been used time and again to write hit songs and twelve tools to create them. The book is the result of the compilation and analysis of a representative sampling of over two thousand popular chord progressions that took several years to compile. Chord progressions are categorized both chronologically and by progression type. Chronological listings identify progression types common to a specific time period and the evolution of various progression types. Progression type listings compare how the best songwriters and performers have utilized similar chord progressions. Money Chords is intended to be a songwriter’s tool box to help stimulate the creation of many more great songs in the new millenium.

Alfred's Teach Yourself Chords and Progressions at the Keyboard
Alfred's Teach Yourself Chords and Progressions at the Keyboard

Author: Bert Konowitz

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 1998-02

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780739000175

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Teach Yourself Chords & Progressions at the Keyboard will have you playing great chords and progressions right from the beginning. You will learn how to build and organize all the traditional jazz chords into progressions in every key. As you progress, you will learn how to comp, create new bass rhythms and improvise from chord symbols using blues and ii-V progressions. Also included are unique arrangements demonstrating how to play in the style of Meade Lux Lewis, Erroll Garner and Bill Evans.

The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook
The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook

Author: The Beatles

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2000-02-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1476840512

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(Guitar Chord Songbook). This great collection features all 194 songs written and sung by the Beatles, specially transcribed here for strumming guitarists, from the actual recordings, in the original keys. Each song includes chord symbols, guitar chord boxes and complete lyrics. Also features a helpful playing guide and a full discography. Songs include: Across the Universe * All My Loving * All You Need Is Love * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Day Tripper * Dear Prudence * Drive My Car * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * The Fool on the Hill * Good Day Sunshine * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Helter Skelter * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * In My Life * Lady Madonna * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Michelle * Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Paperback Writer * Penny Lane * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * She Loves You * and more!

101 Essential Country Chord Progressions
101 Essential Country Chord Progressions

Author: Larry McCabe

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-08-04

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1619116529

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This book will help you play and write songs in both contemporary and classic country styles. The book is for music students, teachers, performing artists, recording studios, composers, songwriters, advertising agencies, and any person or music company who needs a user-friendly, comprehensive reference guide to country chord progressions. Specific chord fingerings are supplied for guitar players. The stereo online audio makes the book an ideal tool for study or jamming. No note reading is required. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks and solos. A concise discussion of song form isprovided to help beginners understand the structure of country songs. Overall, agreat learning and reference tool for beginners and pros alike. All creative musicians and writers who study, perform, or compose country music will benefit from this book. Includes access to online audio

The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony
The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony

Author: Jimmy Kachulis

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2004-10-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1476867372

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(Berklee Press). Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including: colors of chords and keys * chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colors * dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions * the most common chord progressions used in hit songs * and more. Practice your songs with the online audio accompaniment tracks!

Hack Music Theory, Part 1
Hack Music Theory, Part 1

Author: Ray Harmony

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2016-06-24

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1988410029

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Theory is a six-letter dirty word to most musicians, but hey, musicians love dirty words, right? And just like all the other dirty words, theory is easy to learn and fun to use! After studying 'popular' and 'classical' music theory, Ray Harmony created a unique approach that he uses to compose his songs, which feature multi-platinum Grammy winners Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), and many more. Ray Harmony is an award-winning music lecturer and multi-instrumentalist, who is now sharing his top-secret music theory and songwriting hacks through this book series. Drawing on his two decades of teaching experience combined with his minimalist methods of explaining, Ray breaks down music theory into its simplest form via a series of simple hacks, deep insights, and bad jokes. Tuck in at HackMusicTheory.com"e;The most brilliant, fast, easy, and fun music theory book I've ever seen!"e; -DEREK SIVERS, CD Baby founder, TED speaker, musician, author of Anything You Want"e;This is the kind of book I wish I had when I first started out."e; -IHSAHN, Emperor"e;Trust Ray, and in no time you'll have a watertight music theory skillset you once thought impossible to obtain."e; -PAT LUNDY, Modestep, ex-Funeral for a Friend"e;Ray manages to make learning music theory fascinating, digestible, and damn right cool!"e; -JOE COPCUTT, AxeWound, Zoax"e;If you have been put off music theory in the past, then this is the book to inspire and empower you."e; -VICTORIA WILLIAMSON, PhD, Vice Chancellor's Fellow Researcher and Lecturer in Music at the University of Sheffield, UK, author of You Are the Music"e;Ray has a totally unique approach of hacking music theory, which gives you the essentials in a fraction of the time."e; -VESPERS, Warp Academy founder, music producer

Chord Progressions: Theory and Practice
Chord Progressions: Theory and Practice

Author: Dan Fox

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1470624389

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No matter what instrument you play, chords are an important part of your music. Chord Progressions: Theory and Practice breaks down how theyäó»re important and gives you all the information you need to create chords and use them in your own music. Start off by learning how to build simple major chords and eventually move on to more complex chords such as ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, and altered chords. Also learn to compose your own progressions using techniques such as passing chords, neighbor chords, pedal tones, and voice leading. Finally, learn how chord progressions are used in various styles of music---from early jazz to the music of today. This book is ideal for pianists, but it can be used successfully by any musician familiar with the grand staff. After completing this book, you will have gained a clear understanding of chords and progressions in a variety of musical styles.

The Chord Wheel
The Chord Wheel

Author: Jim Fleser

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780634021428

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Front cover has a rotating transparency attached that highlights related chord symbols printed in a wheel shape on the cover itself. The text provides instruction in the uses of this wheel.