September 7, 2023 by Klaus Crow
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Knowing how to build chords and chord progressions is a really great tool for writing your own songs and communicating with your fellow musicians on how to play a certain piece of music, “Let’s play a 1 4 5 progression in the key of…”
You can create the most beautiful chord progressions and songs by ear and you don’t necessarily need to know music theory for that, but it makes the life of a musician a lot easier if you do know some music theory on this part.
It’s nice to know what other musicians are talking about and how you can create chord progressions in a more effective and efficient way.
Adding music theory knowledge will reveal a lot of secrets you wish you had known before, so don’t wait for later or you’ll miss out on all the good stuff. Music theory will definitely make you a better musician!
Now let’s dive in:
From the major scale you can build 7 diatonic chords. The major scale consists of 7 notes, so that’s one chord of each note.
Let’s take the C major scale for example.
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