Chords for The Most COMMON Chord Progression in R&B: How To Make a R&B Chord In Fl Studio 2022

[Em] Now, this is our chord.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] The 2-5-1 chord.
What does it mean?
Great question.
So I'm in FL, and I'm gonna go to helper, scale highlight, and major.
And we're gonna keep it at C, just to make it more easier.
So in the C major scale, there is [D] C, [E] D, E, [Fm] [G] F, G, A, B, [Cm] and C again.
So instead of letters, let's switch that to numbers.
So we're gonna start in C, so it's 1, [G] 2, [Em] [G] 3, 4, 5, [Cm]
[C] 6, 7, [G] and 1 again.
Now, our 2-5-1 is D, [C] G, and C.
So let's make an R&B chord progression using the 2-5-1.
Alright, and I wanna use a 1-3-5-7 or a major 7 chord.
And so we are gonna start in C, and this will be our [D] 1.
So 1, 2, [E]
3, [F] [G] 4, [A] 5, [B] 6, 7.
This is our C major 7 chord.
[C] _ _
[B] I like it.
Let's add one more note and make it a C major 9th.
So this is a 7, [C] right?
7, and go [G] 8, and 9.
It's our C major 9th.
_ Alright, that's good.
Next, I wanna move on to my next chord, and I want the chord to be intense.
So a way to do that is to use a dominant 7 chord.
So I'm gonna highlight these four notes.
Since I'm on a Mac, I'm gonna press Command and B,
and I'm gonna move the chord down, and I'm gonna take the 7th note and flatten it,
or move it down a semitone by just going down.
Just to double check, go here, advance.
Bam, this is our dominant 7 chord.
And the next thing I'm gonna do is make this 5th note a sharp by moving it up.
There you go.
This [B] is how it sounds.
_ [Em] So if I play it _ [Eb] together_
_ [D] Alright, you see?
You see how it sounds a little intense?
The reason why, because this D sharp is not in key.
This is used in most R&B or jazzy chords just to get that tentative feeling.
So I'm gonna use a B minor 7th.
So I'm gonna start with the B.
Another trick you can do is the spacing.
So for minor, it's gonna be 2 space.
Click.
3 space.
Click.
[A] 2 space.
Click.
And then if you want a major, that's the opposite.
And if I play it, it sounds [Bm] like this.
_ And if I play it all together, [Em] it sounds like_
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] Alright, sounds good.
Now I want to invert some of these chords or move it up an octave.
That's what invert means.
It's moving the note up or down an octave, but it's still the same chord.
So I'm gonna move this note up.
I'm gonna move this 2 note up.
I'm gonna move this one whole one up.
Also for this one, I'm gonna add a note.
[Em] So if I play it now, it should sound like this.
_ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Now, this is a good time to use the 2-5-1.
So we are in the key of C and this is our 1, right?
So D is the 2.
So it's [E] 2, [F] 2, [G] 3, [F] 4.
G's are 5.
So I'm gonna move this down or invert it.
And I'm gonna use the 1, 3, 5, 7 for both.
So 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [B] 6, 7.
I'm gonna use the same thing.
1, 2, [Dm] 3, 4, 5, 6, [C] 7.
So you're wondering what's the 1?
The 1 is the C.
So we're gonna end it off to the C.
So it'll be_
And then we're gonna end it back to C.
That's our 1.
So I'm gonna invert these 2.
And I'm gonna invert this one.
Now, this [Em] is our chord.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] And _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] that's it.
Thank you guys for watching.
If you guys learned something or you disagree on something or you have any more questions,
just comment down below.
And I'm also gonna be adding this to my Thank You Symbol Kit.
And I also have a MIDI kit called Euphoric and that has pop, lo-fi, hip-hop, and of course,
R&B.
If you can't start an idea, it's a great way to just drag and drop and [G] then explore [Em] and experiment.
Anyways, thank you guys for watching.
I'm out.
Bye.
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