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Chord of the day #12

Hey, out songwriters out there! 

Well we know, you must be thinking - ‘Hey there was a D chord yesterday already!’ - and indeed, there was. However, this one so wonderful to have another chord to alter your regular D when playing chord progressions. 

So for today, try to use this and the other chords we provided that suit the key you’re playing in and experiment what feeling this might evoke inside of you. Perhaps something great is gonna rise from the dust. 

Have fun and see you tomorrow! 🎶

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Challenges For Writers

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You guys wanted some prompts and I thought this might give you some fun ideas. Some of these challenges can apply to every kind of writer, so I suggest skimming them all 🙂

Songwriters

Produce an album with each song touching on a different social issue

compose a movie score

write 1 song a month about the events in that time and visit those songs in a year

write a song about wherever…

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Chord of the day #11

Chord of the day #11

Hey everybody!

Today’s chord is Dsus4 and it is rather simple to play even for beginners. For guitarists, you just need to change one note on your high e-string and on the piano you just play the G instead of the F#.

So try altering the normal D chord with this Dsus4 at some occasions to make your playing more vivid and expressive.

Have fun and see you tomorrow!

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Chord of the day #15

Chord of the day #15

Hey everyone!

Today we have a little music theory to our chord of the day. This lovely F minor chord could easily be played in a minor key song. However, you could use it to add emotional twists in your major scales as well. In this case, the C major scale has an F as its fourth position, and this could be altered by simply adding an F minor instead, or right after.

A wonderful example of this is…

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Chord of the day #12

Chord of the day #12

Hey, out songwriters out there!

Well we know, you must be thinking – ‘Hey there was a D chord yesterday already!’ – and indeed, there was. However, this one so wonderful to have another chord to alter your regular D when playing chord progressions.

So for today, try to use this and the other chords we provided that suit the key you’re playing in and experiment what feeling this might evoke inside…

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