*tips for writing songs

[tripngrey]

...can anyone shed some light or post some links on easy chord progressions, or give me some in-sight to writing easier songs for the time being....-thanks.

[mavonw]

don't worry about chord progressions and so forth..just play what sounds good. thats what i do. its not a thinking process, its a creative process

[NavyBoy41]

don't worry about chord progressions and so forth..just play what sounds good. thats what i do. its not a thinking process, its a creative process
:thumbsup what he said

[tripngrey]

don't worry about chord progressions and so forth..just play what sounds good. thats what i do. its not a thinking process, its a creative process


eh...

I know what your saying and more then half the time that's what I do, but that's not really a good thing. Certain chords shouldn't be played after another...at least from a musical perspective.

I dunno it get's frustrating after a while...you just keep picking a different group of 3-chords or 4-chords....and the same outcome :(.

I've made up a lot of good stuff. I have a lot of riffs I made up that could easily be a verse. Which brings me to my next question....

ex: let's say your verse is Em-Am-C-G. How would I go about making the chorus/bridge then? I just need to know what "ingredients" you need to have there for it all to flow smoothly. -thanks a lot guys, always here to help ;).


-TripN

[CarterBoydBear]

Ok i totally understand what you are saying and i think there definetely needs to be a backround understanding of music theory before you can start writing songs.

I would highly suggest the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Music Theory" It answers all those questions you were wondering about. Essentially it explains how music is about "tension and release" and how to do that within a song. There are many different kind of "rules" the author sets out but its important to know that with music its all relative, because Dave sure as hell broke a lot of the "rules" with his songs.

Once you know the basic music theory stuff, it all gets easier. I went through this same period and now i have a lot of fun writing songs. Good luck and have fun! :) :thumbsup

[tdowe99]

I just wrote a song that has the verse chords: Bm C#7 C7. If that's not a case of "these chords shouldn't go together," I don't know what is. It works, though.

[CarterBoydBear]

I just wrote a song that has the verse chords: Bm C#7 C7. If that's not a case of "these chords shouldn't go together," I don't know what is. It works, though.
by the way tony, i love the title of your site right now "dun dun, dun dun..." haha thats awesome

[tdowe99]

It's cuz AStB doesn't have any words, so I was emulating the sax. :)

[CarterBoydBear]

It's cuz AStB doesn't have any words, so I was emulating the sax. :)
haha exactly :D

[unccrombie]

learn some pentatonic scales...then just overlay them over some simple progressions and you're ready to go

www.looknohands.com for some info

[tripngrey]

www.looknohands.com for some info


:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

exxxactly what I wanted. mainly the pictures of the guitar neck with each note on every fret, etc.