Which Chord Comes Next? (Major Chord Progression Chart) - Music Composition

How do you know which chord you could use next? We share our very own major chord progression chart that will help get you started in figuring out which chord comes next. Musicians often wonder which is the best way to progress from one chord to another. Of course there are many options but there are certainly progressions that don’t work too well. In this music composition lesson you will see an ingenious plan that tables how best to progress from one chord to another. If I’m using a particular chord how do I know which chords are going to follow on best? There are certain logical steps that encourage good chord progression and they have been summarised in this music composition lesson. This chord progression video will introduce you to a chart that shows how chords progress in the most satisfactory way. When you see it you’ll wonder how you lived without it.

🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to the major chord progression chart
1:37 - Exploring the chord chart
4:54 - Using the chord chart

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[nadasonic]

Bach called, he said there definitely should be an arrow from IV to V. :D

[kisudisu]

Gareth, your channel has been such a huge help for me in my journey to improve. I don't think there's a better teacher out there. Thank you so much for all you do!

[akcel]

Thank you so much for this excellent video, you are truly a great teacher. Thank you for sharing!

[lawrencetaylor]

Your ability to explain this so simply and calmly is a rare gift. Merci beaucoup.

[ramesh]

Dear Sir. Thank you so much for this video. This cleared my query to a large extent.

[danherdautz]

Good calmed teacher, greetings and thank you.

[pcccmn]

Thank you very much for these videos. I arrange quite a number contemporary pieces, especially Asian songs. The knowledge I got from this video has sped up all of my current works. Less guessing and getting the notes by ear. More theory :)

[Janka]

Thank you for uploading these videos! Your approach of teaching makes me feel like it's fun and easy, not a struggle as before.

[giljusjo]

This is exactly what I wanted...in search of a handy method for chord progression! Thanks so much.

[Psicodelial]

Thank you very much, your class of music composition is the best of the whole youtube!

[ejshelby]

In chord function theorem, iii is the weaker of the three tonic chords, and vi is the weakest, so to progress and create expectation, you move from strong to weak to weaker etc. Then iv and ii both are subdominant, they lead to dominants (v and vii)

[jorgeguberte]

This is wildly helpful, thank you very much!

[bettyennin]

Very important tutorial! Grateful to you sir. God bless you!

[Ilovetosingem]

Hi Gareth. I can see how this would really help someone starting out on chord sequences or progressions. I know it would have helped me a great deal in the distant past. Always very informative. Thanks a lot.

[jimkangas]

Very useful, thanks. I'm a jazz player, so I don't always follow the rules, but I do try to understand them. It would have been interesting if you you could say WHY a root movement "works".

[lucianananas]

Holy s*** that's so helpful! Thanks 😊

[floriszoet]

Really helpful. I'm wondering though if there really aren't any other options. And if so, which ones

[biggmt]

If you are trying to write music, I find it is easiest once you come up with the baseline!

[serguei]

Very clear explanation - thank you a lot! On some websites I saw that the chord IV could be followed V and that the chord V could be followed by chord VI . So can I ask you why you didn't put the corresponding arrows on your chart? Are there some specific rules for that?