Basic Guitar Chord Progression

     Basic chord progressions will give any musician an understanding of chord groupings used in writing music. Although it is not necessary to know when writing music, it can make song writing a much simpler task. Advance musicians who know their music theory tend to be more creative in songwriting because they tend to use math and theory for their songs, but I will try and explain the basics here instead to the best of my knowledge.

     Now, for the purpose of this section, I will define what a chord progression is and what are the general rules to follow when finding the right chords to play in a progression as simply as possible.

     The first things to know when writing a song is you need to find out what keys you want to play in. After that there is a rule that states that for every root chord, there are two chords that go along with that chord in a pattern and the root chord is the actual key that the song is performed in.

     These chords are referred to by musicians as 'First', 'Second' and 'Third' to describe when the changes in the song are coming and where they are going, as the song is being played. Musicians tend to write songs that best suit their vocal range. These chords can be added or even subtracted, but there are always three chords in the basic structure.

     Now, as an example, a song in the key of ‘A’ means that 'A' becomes the root chord. Knowing that 'A' is the root chord, the musician is then able to determine that the base of the song will be written in the chords of A, D and E or I, IV, V chord progression.

     In the Scale of A the notes are as follows:

A B C# D E F# G# A

     The # means that the note is a SHARP, a half step above the natural note.

     So here it is! I hope this information helped any aspiring musicians and guitar players try this out and ss always, Sound Theory here, thanks for reading!