Back to: Avery’s Music Notes

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GOAL OF THIS PAGE: To help you understand where chords come from, how to build them, and then give you a ton of them to explore.

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Basics of building chords & progressions:

Chords & Progressions - Lesson by Avery Berman.pdf

Basics of scales, modes & all the chords in every mode side by side:

Scales & Modes Lesson.pdf

Chord Formulas & Modes Cheatsheet.pdf

8 practical tip to think about to get better at writing music: (it’s a bit older but still good)

8 Practical Tips to Help You Compose Better Chords, Melodies & Song Concepts for your Music Production.pdf

A list of all the common chord types & their “base” emotion.

Iconic Chord Progressions