9 Different Chord Progressions for 9 Different Emotions
Having a toolbox of musical techniques that you can call upon, when you are starting a new piece can be incredibly useful to set you off in the right direction.
Here's my latest YouTube video, in which I have put together 9 different chord progressions, which I feel portray 9 particular emotions or tones (Love, Mystery, Magical, Superhero etc).
Music is of course extremely subjective - my emotional response to each progression may be completely different to yours!
For some of the progressions, I couldn't help but add a little melody over the top as well π
Chord Progressions
(Chords with no 'm' after them represent Major chords).
Magical
βEm - Cm - Em - Cm
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βThriller/Suspense
βGm - A/G - Gm - A/G
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βSuperhero
βDm - Bb - Dm - G
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βSadness/Mourning
βAm - G - F - Am - Em - F- Gsus4 - G
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βDanger
βFm - Em/F - Fm - F#m/F
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βLove
βEm - C - G - Dsus4 - D - Am - Em - C - Dsus4 - D
Awe & Wonder
βF - B - G# - D
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βMysterious & Tension
βFm - A - Fm - C#m
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βTranscendence & Wonder
βEm - A - B
You can use the progressions as a starting point to explore different emotions when you are starting a piece from scratch.
Happy Composing!
