Cool Ways to Use Basic Chords

The most basic chords in music are the I, IV, and V. With these harmonies alone, you can write great songs. But there are other ways to amplify their impact. Here, we look at three examples of how to do this.

BOOKMARKS
0:00 Welcome
0:09 Jumping into tonight's topic
3:22 If we skip some of those chords... Just focus on I-IV-V
4:33 The color wheel is analogous to the circle of fifths
5:22 The 12-Bar Blues (Hound Dog)
9:58 You probably need more variety in your diet
11:35 Hey Jude (I-IV-V in the verse, then the chorus brings variety)
14:17 Across the Universe (variety in the verse, back to I-IV-V in the chorus)
19:00 Let's look at it on the ChordMap
20:58 Second part of the chorus
24:35 ChordMap
25:31 C: Radiohead
25:48 C: D-G-A, Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
26:43 C: Campfire music
28:13 C: They Might Be Giant's "New York City", I-vi-IV-V
29:16 Q: Songs that can draw a tear?
32:45 Summary

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BOOKMARKS
0:00 Welcome
0:09 Jumping into tonight's topic
3:22 If we skip some of those chords... Just focus on I-IV-V
4:33 The color wheel is analogous to the circle of fifths
5:22 The 12-Bar Blues (Hound Dog)
9:58 You probably need more variety in your diet
11:35 Hey Jude (I-IV-V in the verse, then the chorus brings variety)
14:17 Across the Universe (variety in the verse, back to I-IV-V in the chorus)
19:00 Let's look at it on the ChordMap
20:58 Second part of the chorus
24:35 ChordMap
25:31 C: Radiohead
25:48 C: D-G-A, Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
26:43 C: Campfire music
28:13 C: They Might Be Giant's "New York City", I-vi-IV-V
29:16 Q: Songs that can draw a tear?
32:45 Summary

[swwtra]

Love the Primary Triads. They are the Primary colors.

[swwtra]

You are an absolutely brilliant musician and I learn so much from watching your videos, but when you call the vi a minor 6 or any lowercase Roman number Al degrees as a minor iii or minor ii I think it may be confusing to some people because the actually interval that is the root of all those chords is actually the major 2nd major 3rd and major 6th. Just something worth mentioning I know exactly what you mean when you call it a minor 6th you mean the triad itself is minor but it may confuse others that are listening more than they are looking at the same time.

[jeffreyrivers]

I thought you were Mark Walberg for a moment