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Chapter 3 - Song Writing

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THE BASICS

The first thing to do as a beginning song writer, is to establish a key to write the song in. To make thing simple, the following little song is in the key of "E" major.

This song contains just chords.

Play it over and over until it is smooth.

This is a popular style of playing called a "Twelve bar progression". Simply play the "E" major chord four times, an "A" major chord two times, an "E" twice, a "B" major once and so on.

Here are the three chords from the diagram above.

This is the entire "E" major scale.

In the key of "E" major, the "E", "A" and "B" chords represent the first, fourth and fifth degrees. All three chords are major.

Since the song is in a major key it's an uplifting and happy sounding song. A popular minor progression contains the sixth, second, and third degree chords, which sound sad and down.

This progression is being expanded upon in the next few pages, so memorize it here.

 

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