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blastingas10 · 01-04-2013, 07:55 AM

I was looking for that one music theory thread but I couldn't find it, and I can't find another thread that this seems to fit so I decided to make one. Sorry if there is another thread that I missed.

I've recently came up with this chord progression that I really like. The progression consists of about 7 chords. I want to keep adding more to it, but I'm stuck. Usually when I write a progression I get stuck on four chords, or a little more depending on if there are verses and a chorus, etc. This progression is a little more elaborate than they usually are, it's a finger style piece. I really don't want it to have that same boring pattern of alternating between verse and chorus and maybe a bridge. After watching guitarists like Chet Atkins, I can only ask: how do you fit so many different chords and techniques into a piece and make it all work? There are only so many chords in each key.

Of course I'm not expecting for someone to be able to tell me how, but maybe someone can give me some advice or maybe some examples to study.

01-04-2013, 07:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Chord progressions I was looking for that one music theory thread but I couldn't find it, and I can't find another thread that this seems to fit so I decided to make one. Sorry if there is another thread that I missed. I've recently came up with this chord progression that I really like. The progression consists of about 7 chords. I want to keep adding more to it, but I'm stuck. Usually when I write a progression I get stuck on four chords, or a little more depending on if there are verses and a chorus, etc. This progression is a little more elaborate than they usually are, it's a finger style piece. I really don't want it to have that same boring pattern of alternating between verse and chorus and maybe a bridge. After watching guitarists like Chet Atkins, I can only ask: how do you fit so many different chords and techniques into a piece and make it all work? There are only so many chords in each key. Of course I'm not expecting for someone to be able to tell me how, but maybe someone can give me some advice or maybe some examples to study.