Chords for EASY Indie Chord Progression - Minor iv - Common Guitar

Hey guys, what's going on?
I decided to do some lessons on how to write your own indie chord progressions
[Gb] These progressions are really common among indie like rock style
But they're also been used in music all over [F] so
Here's some tricks that you can use to make your progression sound a little more interesting than just typical corporations.
You might hear
[G] So the first thing I wanted to talk about is the minor four chord
Which kind of sounds confusing now, but I'll explain it [Bbm] so if we're in a major key, so say we're in G [G] major
_ [N] So that's the tonic or the the chord that we want to get to in the end that's like home base
So G major [G] is home base
_ _ [Ab] _ So that means that the song can be in [Bb] a major key
Which means it will use the major scale can also be in a minor key, which sounds sad [Gm] like this
[Ab] But say we're in G major, so we're using the G major [G] scale
So the G major scale it just sounds like this
_ _ [Gb] _ [G] _
If that doesn't make any sense to you don't worry about that either
So say we have a progression [Ab] that sounds something like this.
Those will sound like typical [G] with rock _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
so [Bb] the whole point of [Gb] most American music is
Going five to one that might not make sense either, but I'll explain [G] that
So we'll use numbers instead of note names, [Bb] which will make it easier in the end
So G is one
[G] _ _ [G] And then each subsequent note will be two three and so [A] on so one two three [Gb] four five six seven eight
[G] And then eight is back to G.
So eight is just one so just one through seven
So when we name [Gb] chords we name them based on the number that we're assigning them in the scale
[F] So for example G is one A is two
[Eb] B is three [G] C is four
[Gb] D is five [F] E is six [E] and
[Ab] Then F sharp is seven and [G] then G is back to one
[Ab] _
So scales are made up of eight notes that like including the octave seven different notes
_ so in most chord progressions
[Gm] You'll start on one [Ab] and then you'll go to [D] five
And then one [Gb] so five to one [F] sounds really strong most people can hear it that this [D] wants to go _
[G] This wants to go to this
[Eb] So the tension [D] from a five chord always wants to go [G] back to one usually [Gb] and we're talking major only also
_ so
Most [F] music does five to one
So basically you can play [Ab] different chords in between that so you can play
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gb] And then that five wants to go back to one
_ [Ab] so that's really typical, [F] but
You [G] can use this other technique to get to one instead so the goal is [Gb] getting back to one
Regardless of what you put in the middle you can always use this to get back to it usually
And again these aren't necessarily rules.
These are just kind of guidelines
So a really cool thing you can [G] do how we said naming the numbers so [A] G's one A's [B] two
[C] B is three and then four is C
And we're in G.
[F] So each time you're in a different key off the count up the scale which note you're talking [Gm] about
So in G C is [C] the fourth _
_ [F] And usually the fourth degree of a major scale the chord of that will be major [G] also
_ _ [C] _ _
[B] So that's C major usually [Bbm] but if we change it to C [Cm] minor
_ _ [G] That leads really nicely back to G _ _
_ [F] So basically this lesson will be it's all about using minor [Gb] four back to one
_ _ So a
Common corporate like a really famous chord progression that uses this technique is creep by Radiohead where they do
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
And there's your minor [G] four back to one you can hear how it [Cm] sounds kind of unique
It's [N] really colorful because it's outside of the key if that doesn't make sense to you right away.
Don't worry about that either
_ [D] So when you're going back to one you could use five to one
Or [G] _
you could use [Cm] minor four to one
_ _ along [N] with a whole bunch of other things
_ So I hope you enjoyed that little lesson about minor four
You can use it in all different [B] keys.
So if we're in B _ _
_ _ _ Usually it's a [E] major but you could do a minor
_ _ _ [Gb] Then back to it
So the only hardest part will be to know which chord we're talking about.
[A] So if we're in a
You'll have to think to yourself.
[Bb] Well, the fourth scale degree of a is [D] e
Or I'm sorry is D.
So I have to go like a
_ B C sharp D.
So that's number four D is number four
It's [Bb] usually major but if we make it sad minor, it'll [A] go back to it a really well
[N] So go ahead and use that in your progressions and it should sound pretty tasty if you use it kind of sparingly
But that's just another alternative you can use instead