In music, certain chords serve different functions to move a song forward. At first, it can be hard to understand how it all works. But once you see the patterns that explain these functions, it changes the way you write songs. Let me show you....

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome
0:40 Chord function is controversial, surprisingly
1:20 Looking at the key of G (we'll stay here all stream)
4:26 Rearrange the chords to play different progressions
5:50 Looking at progressions Option 1
6:17 Option 2
6:46 Option 3
8:58 Why are we playing what we're playing? (Looking at theory)
13:18 Like looking at a Magic Eye image
14:50 Table format
16:15 More chords in a table format
18:58 Undulating wave of harmonic connections (another diagram)
22:12 Let's play those chords in order of scale degree (Guitar)
24:05 Let's look at this chord pattern a little closer (Looped into Thirds)
26:48 Circle of Thirds All of these chords overlap
27:46 Guitar Circle of Thirds
29:50 Let's look at chord functions Stability, Change, Tension
31:34 Stability (Tonic)
34:18 Change (Subdominant)
34:32 Tension (Dominant)
39:03 Love Me Do (Goes between Stability and Change)
43:00 Q&A, Comments
43:50 Q: How is ColorMusic notated for single note players? (Eg, sax)
45:57 Q: ETA on Chord Book 1? (Summer 2024)
48:18 Q: These chords are Triads?
49:06 Q: How do we add color to an Em song? (Want an E major sound)
53:39 Q: Does the melody have to go through identical moods of chords? (No)
55:08 C: Misc

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