Chords You Can Use

Consider you want to make a song. And let's just say, the root note is in C (the most common root note ever!!) and we're gonna use major scale. And then, the next question is, what chords i can use to make this song? Okay, im here to save you, dont worry, hehe.

In this post, i will give you the idea, what chords you can use and why you can use them. And what im gonna give you here, is a basic music theory. Hopefully it's enough for you to make some song. Maybe you will encounter some song that out of this rule, but hey...music is not mathematics. You can break the rules, if it's good for you and/or your listeners. But of course if you a complete beginner, it's just save to follow the rules first. Without further sayings, let's begin, shall we?

We continue with the scenario, which is make a song in C major. As we all know, a C major scale is C D E F G A B. There's common rule, that we can use pattern (Major-Minor-Minor-Major-Major-Minor-Diminished) over a major scale. Remember that we use C as our root note, so, the chords you can use is:

C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Major	Minor	Minor	Major	Major	Minor	Diminished

Voila!!! You got the chords now, that is C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor and B diminished. Just play around with those chords, and you will get a nice progression from it. If you want to change the root note, find the major notes from it, and apply the major-minor pattern again. It will work for every root note you choose, whether it's G, A or maybe something fishy, like Ab or C#.

You already have the chords, now I will tell you in-depth about why we can use this pattern. We still stand in C major for the sake of simplicity.

Now we take the D minor as a first example. D minor chord, consists of three notes, that is D itself (the first note or I), F (the flat third note or IIIb) and A (the fifth note or V). Those notes, D - F - A, are EXIST on the C major scale. Thats why, D minor resolve well on the song. If we look at the notes of the chords, one by one, we will have this:

• E minor : E - G - A
• F major : F - A - C
• G major : G - B - D
• A minor : A - C - E
• B diminished : B -D - F

As you can see, all the notes are contained on the C major scale. So that's why the chords will always resolve well with the root note. And this formula, will works on every note.
That's it from me, i hope it help you. Please leave comments or critics or suggestions. Thanks for reading, ROCK ON!!!!!