{"id":324,"date":"2007-09-22T22:40:32","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T05:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/what-are-chord-progressions"},"modified":"2024-12-25T23:57:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:57:39","slug":"what-are-chord-progressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/what-are-chord-progressions\/","title":{"rendered":"What are chord progressions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What are chord progressions&#8221; is a commonly asked question.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chord progression<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> is simply a series of chords played in order. As you play more songs, you&#8217;ll see more and more chord progressions and patterns used over and over again in your favorite tunes.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a &#8220;2-5-1&#8221; is a very popular chord progression that is commonly used, among many things, to end songs. You&#8217;ll find it at the end of an overwhelming amount of songs in all genres.<\/p>\n<p>In our courses, we cover several chord progressions as these are what make of everyday songs.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, remember these very easy set of rules:<\/p>\n<p>Notes create scales (<a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major scales<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>, minor scales, etc)<\/p>\n<p>Scales allow us to create chords (major chords, minor chords, diminished chords, <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">augmented chords<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>, etc)<\/p>\n<p>Chords played one after the other in various sequences create chord progressions (&#8220;2-5-1&#8221; chord progressions, &#8220;6-2-5-1&#8221; turnaround, etc)<\/p>\n<p>Chord progressions played in various sequences create the songs we hear everyday!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What are chord progressions&#8221; is a commonly asked question.<\/p>\n<p>A chord progression is simply a series of chords played in order. As you play more songs, you&#8217;ll see more and more chord progressions and patterns used over and over again in your favorite tunes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[209,552,13],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chords-progressions","tag-2-5-1","tag-6-2-5-1-turnaround","tag-chord-progressions","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are chord progressions? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/what-are-chord-progressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are chord progressions? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;What are chord progressions&quot; is a commonly asked question.  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