Song Starter · part two
Now make
it a song.
Your progression came with you in the link. Here it becomes a verse, a chorus and a bridge, and a part for everyone in the room.
Working with
Want a different one? Go back to the starter; the link keeps your place.
Structure
A shape to
hang it on.
Four chords in a loop is a foundation. The chorus below is built out of your verse, not pulled out of a hat.
A verse is where the story goes and it repeats with different words. The chorus is the part everyone sings, same words every time, usually higher. A pre-chorus is the short ramp between them. A bridge shows up once, late, to break the pattern before the last chorus. Verse, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus is a whole song.
Parts for the room
Four people,
four things to play.
When six guitars all strum full chords it turns to mud. Hand these out and the same progression starts sounding arranged.
Two words that come up below. The root is the note a chord is named after: the G in a G chord. It is the lowest note in every open shape on this site. Pentatonic means five notes, chosen so that none of them clash with any chord in the key. That is why a beginner can wander around the box below and nothing sounds wrong.
Chase down the real thing
Songs built
on this.
Tabs live on their own sites, where they are licensed. Each one opens a search.
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Bring it Tuesday.
Play the loop until your hands stop thinking about it, then change one thing. Somebody at the meeting will tell you what you accidentally invented and what it is called.