5 Chord Progressions Every Music Producer NEEDS to Know!

These 5 Chords Progressions can be used in ANY genre of modern music - House, Techno, Melodic House, Pop, Trap, Drum & Bass.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Roman Numerals
02:14 - The Optimist
02:44 - The E P I C !!!
03:25 - The Smooth Descender
04:22 - The Heart Melter
05:06 - The Emotional

05:41 - BONUS: Make these chord progressions your own!

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[EDMTips]

EDIT: I did a whoopsie! The first example ("The Optimist") is in B Minor NOT D Major

[EDMTips]

Hope you enjoy this format, fam! Let me know if I should make more of these shorter vids (suggestions welcome!) 🙂👇

[iPadhead]

First, showing how all the progressions are quite common amongst hit music. But even more so how you can rearrange them making them your own and deciphering the emotional values of each. This is just getting better and better. I really liked the video on melodies and making chords. That was epic for my studies! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[iPadhead]

I’ve have listened, learned and understood more from you in 10 minutes than I’ve learned in the last 10 years. Well that’s not completely true. I now understand what all those other tutorials were TRYING to tell me. Thanks! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[michaelvandersteen]

Again great content 👍 Since Ben Böhmer is a thing right now: he uses the IV-I progression a lot. Sometimes IV-I-III. Both have this warm “coming home” feeling, especially when played with a deep bass 😊

[Vegguit]

I have a disagreement with your notation. If you are using the Nashville number system. Everything should be referenced from the Major scale.
Your Optimist progression, that you note as i - VI - III - VII, is incoherent. I think most musicians in a session would have problems with it.
The actual progression should be vi - IV - I - V (With the I chord being D)
Once you deviate from the major scale, you get questions such as are the intervals major or minor. Like when you go from i to VI in your progressions, is that up a minor 6th from the root, or a major interval?
That is the least confusing one too
Other than that, generally great content.
Thanks

[anythingspossiblemusic]

Interesting. Thanks. I'm a bass player looking to get into synth pop. I sort of know about these in string format but good to see it in keys format.

[Amatteus]

My dear Friend...

The first progression, The one you call the Optimistic is in D Major.. Yes, I agree but to my knowledge is VI, IV, I, V.. and not what you say...

But I am just a simple student. You are the Master. The f. King and Master of the great Univers of electronic music.

Let me know...Maybe I am wrong and need to go back to study harmony again.

You know I love you....

[joshuakhokhlan]

Will, your tutorials are amazing. My progression in production has grown so much from your tutorials in a matter of a year. Thank you for what you do!

[thedj]

Loving all your videos dude, hopefully when ime finished my course your vids will help massively 👍

[veetoutas]

I really like that you are giving some real song examples made on these chords, this makes it much more inspiring and eye opening

[DjBrodaMo]

The heart melting chord, just love it, big fan of lean on

[VV-yhni]

Nice. The "Emotional" chord progression has been my personal favourite for years. You find it in many modern hits but also in a lot of 90s songs.

[gbigbo_zjebeezjeboo]

Great tips !
Tip: would be great if you could also add this video or the tips provided in them to the music theory for edm producers course

[melissarainchild]

Will, you ARE a darling! Thanks for helping out! Signed : one HAPPY subscriber!!!

[JustinerationX]

This is also very useful for guitar as well. Excellent content! Subbed.

[BestFitSquareChannel]

Fascinating. Well done. Thank you. Best wishes.

[jl]

Damn, Will! The new studio looks amazing!

[FrostysTunes]

can i just say the camera quality at the start is so good man. loved the video :)

[dcsvomer]

I'd like to start trying to make EDM and I was wondering what peoples" thoughts are on which DAW is the easiest/most intuitive to begin.