The chord progression to this ballad by the Rolling Stones contains two fascinating sounds that are worth studying.
When you think of the bluesy rock sound of this Bob Dylan classic, it's hard to imagine that the entire song is made from just the seven notes of the major scale.
Bob Dylan's beautiful ballad uses the "backwards" movement through chords 1, 5D and 2-.
This classic by Leonard Cohen not only uses the most important chords in our musical system, but even talks about them in the lyrics!
This catchy chord progression uses a very melodic bass line to create beautiful chord inversions.
Despite the almost child-like simplicity of this popular song written by Ray Henderson, Bye Bye Blackbird has become one of the most important jazz standards of all time. In this lesson we analyze the complete chord progression.
Horace Silver's classic "Song for My Father" is a perfect song for beginning improvisers because the entire song is made from just four chords. In this four-part lesson series you will learn to improvise your own solos over the entire form.
In this lesson we will explore the second chord that appears in Song for My Father. It's called the 5D chord (pronounced "five dominant chord"). You will learn to improvise over this chord and to create this sound in your music.