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Originally Posted by NoviceMusician
Hi, I'm a beginner musician. I'm now into making tunes. I know that a chord progression, let's say, C - F - G - C can have alot of tunes or melodies. My question would be: if a certain tune or melody can have different sets of chord progression ?
thanks for your response.
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yes.
i'm no theory expert but unless i'm mistaken CFG is an I IV V progression, where the 2nd chord is 4 steps higher than the first and the final is one step higher than the middle. it's a typical pattern used by just about everyone at some point. it's all based on the first chord you chose, so if you were to start on G (I) then you would skip A(II) and B(III) to play C(IV) and D(V). G-C-D is quite possibly the most used chord progression out there but the tonal intervals are still the same.
Daktari provides a great example on how to colour traditional chord progressions so they don't always end up sounding the same. just changing a major chord into a minor can do wonders.