Chords that Work Together in ‘C’
One of the questions I’ve been asked now and again is ‘What chords sound good together?‘
Well, there are a couple of ways for me to answer that question I suppose. I could show you specifically, and I could teach you the reasons why chords sound good together so you can figure that out on your own.
In a way, I’ve done both. Today’s beginner lesson shows you all the chords that work well together in the key of C. Simply, they are: C, F, G, Am, Dm and Em. In the video you’ll see that you can put these in literally any order and they’ll sound ok.
In the lesson I actually randomly play these chords in any order, to demonstrate that although it doesn’t end up sounding like any song you know, there aren’t any clashes -- these chords all work well together.
Over at OneFourFive.com I’ve take the time and gone into much more detail which chords work together which each other, but rather than giving you all the specifics, instead I teach the concept of I IV V and how to apply that to finding all the chords in any given key, in a matter of seconds. I’d recommend checking that out if you haven’t already.
Leave a comment below the video and let me know if this was useful for you or not. If so, I can make some more videos showing some of the other common keys as well.
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Hi,
I can’t find the download area for the fretboard print outs, I downloaded a couple of blank fret board print outs and a filled in fretboard as well….but I can’t figure out where to locate it now. Tip please!
Maggie
Hi Maggie, Are you referring to the lesson on string names where I had a blank fret board for download? You can find it here:
http://www.guitartipsweekly.com/84/learning-the-string-names-tones-semitones/
This was one-of-the-print outs, thanks. Also, I think maybe the other pdf file was part of my I IV V course. It was a filled in fret board, for easy viewing and learning. I had a copy that I printed, but has become a rather sorry sight. If you would direct me to the proper area to print out another, I would be smiling happily:)
Maggie
I just remembered the names of the printouts, they are the CHEAT sheets!
That should help.
Maggie
Hi Maggie – you can get those cheat sheets in the Unlocking I IV V member’s zone, which you can login to here:
http://www.OneFourFive.com/members/
THAT IS IT!
THANKS, MAGGIE