Whats your favorite Chord progression(s)

 What are your favorite chord progressions? mine are
Amin, Fmaj, Gmaj, Cmaj, gmaj, or
Amin Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj   and 
Amin Cmaj, Dmaj, Fmaj, Emaj

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I dunno, MurMan. Maybe the original poster really means those particular chords in that particular key, and that it wouldn't work in B or G.

Later
Albert

Albert,
 
You might be right.
 
I know this is opening up a can of worms, but if we're using an equally-tempered scale, a progression is the same regardless of the key that you play it in.   Of course the key does matter because real instruments and voices don't sound the same across their range.  But, the progression is still the same.
 
Because a progression played on actual instruments does sound different in different keys (because of the voicing of the instruments mostly), some guys will argue to the death that one key is better than another.
 
I'm just throwing out some food for thought for the OP.  Not trying to confuse.
 
M

Reece, the progression works in any key, you are correct. And to everyone else, it was just a thought I had when I read the post. It seemed that while mentioning progressions, which have nothing to do with the key, including the actual chord names, maybe the key is meaningful in this case.

Later
Albert

gamblerschoice


Reece, the progression works in any key, you are correct. And to everyone else, it was just a thought I had when I read the post. It seemed that while mentioning progressions, which have nothing to do with the key, including the actual chord names, maybe the key is meaningful in this case.

Later
Albert

I see - thanks for explaining.

 
A - E - C#m - D          A - E - C#m - D          A - E - F#m          A - E - A
 
 
The main chord progression for the Greatest Song Ever Written

gamblerschoice


Reece, the progression works in any key, you are correct. And to everyone else, it was just a thought I had when I read the post. It seemed that while mentioning progressions, which have nothing to do with the key, including the actual chord names, maybe the key is meaningful in this case.

Later
Albert

    while intervals are intervals no matter what the key
a certain "key" does have its own flavor. (F) has been
called the "love" key for its softness. (E flat) the mellow
key while (E) is a bit hard sounding. Then add to the
fact that the ops (fingering) for those chords may
have a certain voicing specific to that key.

  Using a guitar for example an open (g) chord may have
a note order of:
    G B D G B G
 
 (C) chord
   C E G C E

   So the sound is different because of the voicings
used. I too would have used numbers instead
but it is unclear if the ops means he likes the
progression (and) the key (and) the chords.
(In that key)

  My answer to the ops question of favorite
chord progressions? I like jazz chords, Oh
wait he said (chord progressions) Hum?
how about.
   I Maj7,   I#dim,   IImin7add9,  II#dim, 
    IIImin7flat 5,  IVsus4 resolving to a
  IV then end with a IV with a (V bass)
which is actualy a V11 chord 
   

Hi,
 
Doesn't matter as long as it is Daevid Allen or Steve Hillage doing the glissando ... and dang'it ... I wanna hear Strummy doing an acid rock glissando with nastier sounds ... and pound it out good! (I took this photo a few years back ... click on it to make it bigger)
 
 

Herb, I agree.

Strummy, I don't write in Eb, or any flat cause I don't wanna make the guitarists made.  (and because it's harder)  :-(

And, for the record, no song has EVER, no matter WHAT the chord progression, done what he said above.  Yeah, you know what I mean.

Carry on boys...I'm outta here. lol

Cm9, F13, Gm7, G#m7, Am7, D7#9
Gm7, C9 4x
Cm7, F9, Bbm7, Eb9, Am7, D9, Ebm7, A13,
Gm7, C9 x
ride over Gm7, C9 till ur heads numb, repeat.

Fun with numbers for the gladiators. :)
I don't care if guitarist get mad or not Janet :) They learn to play over these changes and they can be happy again.
This is one of my fav's for playin' over.

i agree different keys have a different sound when playing certain chords/cadences, and different instruments do too. for example, i love Db major when playing piano but would not dream of starting a song on guitar in this key. however, i love B/G#min on guitar, it's great for soloing and producing some unusual open chords, but it's a key i hate playing in on piano!

 
I've been trying for ages to flesh out an idea for a tune, part of which alternates between A major and F minor - the chords sound great in a menacing kind of way but I can't make it work for some reason
 
 

SteveStrummerUK


 
I've been trying for ages to flesh out an idea for a tune, part of which alternates between A major and F minor - the chords sound great in a menacing kind of way but I can't make it work for some reason
 
 
 
 
 
That's an adventurous pair of keys.   I bet it's very cool.  Could the problem be tying the two together?  a C chord is a fairly close common denominator if you can sneak it in between the the keys.  It may work in a bridge between.
Also a Db chord (and all it's variations) will work with both.  It's the III in Amajor and the VI in Fminor.
Keep hammering away.  If you can tie those two keys together you've just learned a lot about harmonic theory.
 

Raba_licious


 What are your favorite chord progressions? mine are
Amin, Fmaj, Gmaj, Cmaj, gmaj, or
Amin Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj   and 
Amin Cmaj, Dmaj, Fmaj, Emaj

C Am F G
 
(nearly?) Every song in the fifties was based on that progression.
Even Van Halen did it in the 80s.