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Chapter 3 - Song Writing
guitar lesson 2
SONG WRITING (Part 2)
The twelve bar progression is a very simple song, that is expandable to an endless amount of possibilities. One way to do this, is to play the whole thing, several times. Another way to expand it, is to double the amount of chord strums. An example of this is to play the "E" chord eight times instead of four, the "A" chord four times instead of twice, the "E" four times, the "B" twice and so on. It can also be doubled again.
Another way to expand the chord progression, is to add different chords.
This song contains the twelve bar progressions, with some filler chords.
This progression and all its chords are part of the entire "E" major scale.
Notice that all three original chords are still there. The other added chords are FILLER CHORDS. The filler chords can be any chord, as long as they come from the entire major scale, in the key that's being played. In this case, it is the key of "E" major.
This diagram contains the entire major scale with the chords from the diagram above.
This is the entire "E" major scale.
In the key of "E" major, the "E" major is the first degree chord, the "F#" minor is the second degree chord, the "G#" minor is the third, the "A" major is fourth, the "B" major is fifth, the sixth is "C#" minor and the seventh is "D#" diminished. If this is not perfectly understood, go back to the chapter on modes and reread it.
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