When they say things like such and such song uses a I, iV, Vi, V chord progression, are they basing that determination on the verses of the song, or the chorus?
I'm trying to figure out the progression numbers to one of my own songs, and I get two different number sets of progression numbers, one for the verse and one for the chorus.
Figuring Out The Chord Numbers To A Song?
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JumpingJackFlash JumpingJackFlash https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=44005
- KVRian
- 1227 posts since 10 Oct, 2004
Are they in different keys perhaps?IRBY wrote:I'm trying to figure out the progression numbers to one of my own songs, and I get two different number sets of progression numbers, one for the verse and one for the chorus.
I, IV, V and so on are relative to the key at that point, so IV in C major is F, whereas IV in F is Bb.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 217 posts since 19 Oct, 2005 from Philly
JumpingJackFlash wrote:Are they in different keys perhaps?IRBY wrote:I'm trying to figure out the progression numbers to one of my own songs, and I get two different number sets of progression numbers, one for the verse and one for the chorus.
I, IV, V and so on are relative to the key at that point, so IV in C major is F, whereas IV in F is Bb.
No. They are all in the same key.
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- KVRAF
- 16806 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Same numbers == same progression.
So the verses and choruses are different. Personally I hate it when the chorus uses the same progression as the verse. Different is better! Imho...
So the verses and choruses are different. Personally I hate it when the chorus uses the same progression as the verse. Different is better! Imho...
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