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# Chord Progressions For Songwriters

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Review: Spiral bound my copy - As a long time intermediate guitarist and pianist I’m very impressed with the book. I like to know why things work, not just what works, and this books delivers on that front. Having the chord progressions associated with common pop songs over the last six decades (back to the Beatles, and earlier) really helps bring meaning to these chord progressions, even when they are simple. The discussion of the chord substitution and embellishments of even simple I-IV-V progressions is extremely helpful and well written, with relevant examples. I noticed that people’s main complaint was at the book was thick and short (500 pages) and therefore not easily spread out, for example, on a piano or music stand. To get around this, I took a suggestion from my wife and went to FedEx Office and had the book spiral bound, in which they removed the cover and binding, and spiral bound the rest of the pages. I had them add a plastic cover over the front and back of the book’s covers. Here’s an example of what I did. It cost me $12 before tax. Well worth it so that I can use it and flip between pages easily while playing piano or guitar.
Review: The Chord Progression Book I Always Wanted - This is the chord progression book I've wanted since I was a teenager tinkering around with compositions some 45 years ago. It was apparent to me even back then that nearly all popular songs fell into categories based on basic chord progressions with variations/substitutions. But I didn't have a source that explained what these were. I understood the circle of fifths from the smidgen of music theory I got with my piano lessons, and I picked out some of the more obvious common progressions such as the I-IV-V and I-VIm-IV-V, but nowhere could I find a comprehensive description of chord progressions. When I began listening to groups like Chicago and Steely Dan that used rock/jazz chords, I figured there would never be a book that covered it all. In the late 70s Making Changes: A Practical Guide to Vernacular Harmony by Eric Salzman and Michael Sahl came approached what I was looking for. But a lot of the space in that book was devoted to scores containing examples of what they wrote about, and the book did not feel complete. Finally, I discovered the Richard Scott book one day when I was writing a song and wondering how I might classify a progression I just wrote and compare it to similar songs. A search of the Internet turned up a description of Scott's book, and upon buying the book I found it to be everything I wanted plus more. Scott's taxonomy of chord progressions represents the universe of progressions admirably in my judgment. Most of the examples he provides are immediately familiar to me, and I can "hear" the progression he writes about easily. The book also contains a nice appendix that reviews how to represent chords (Oh, so that chord is C7#5#9!), chord substitution, modulation, and transposing. I finally have the only reference book I have ever needed on chord progressions.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #249,885 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #84 in Songwriting #193 in Music Reference (Books) #465 in Guitars (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 213 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spiral bound my copy
*by P***G on May 6, 2024*

As a long time intermediate guitarist and pianist I’m very impressed with the book. I like to know why things work, not just what works, and this books delivers on that front. Having the chord progressions associated with common pop songs over the last six decades (back to the Beatles, and earlier) really helps bring meaning to these chord progressions, even when they are simple. The discussion of the chord substitution and embellishments of even simple I-IV-V progressions is extremely helpful and well written, with relevant examples. I noticed that people’s main complaint was at the book was thick and short (500 pages) and therefore not easily spread out, for example, on a piano or music stand. To get around this, I took a suggestion from my wife and went to FedEx Office and had the book spiral bound, in which they removed the cover and binding, and spiral bound the rest of the pages. I had them add a plastic cover over the front and back of the book’s covers. Here’s an example of what I did. It cost me $12 before tax. Well worth it so that I can use it and flip between pages easily while playing piano or guitar.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Chord Progression Book I Always Wanted
*by J***N on May 4, 2016*

This is the chord progression book I've wanted since I was a teenager tinkering around with compositions some 45 years ago. It was apparent to me even back then that nearly all popular songs fell into categories based on basic chord progressions with variations/substitutions. But I didn't have a source that explained what these were. I understood the circle of fifths from the smidgen of music theory I got with my piano lessons, and I picked out some of the more obvious common progressions such as the I-IV-V and I-VIm-IV-V, but nowhere could I find a comprehensive description of chord progressions. When I began listening to groups like Chicago and Steely Dan that used rock/jazz chords, I figured there would never be a book that covered it all. In the late 70s Making Changes: A Practical Guide to Vernacular Harmony by Eric Salzman and Michael Sahl came approached what I was looking for. But a lot of the space in that book was devoted to scores containing examples of what they wrote about, and the book did not feel complete. Finally, I discovered the Richard Scott book one day when I was writing a song and wondering how I might classify a progression I just wrote and compare it to similar songs. A search of the Internet turned up a description of Scott's book, and upon buying the book I found it to be everything I wanted plus more. Scott's taxonomy of chord progressions represents the universe of progressions admirably in my judgment. Most of the examples he provides are immediately familiar to me, and I can "hear" the progression he writes about easily. The book also contains a nice appendix that reviews how to represent chords (Oh, so that chord is C7#5#9!), chord substitution, modulation, and transposing. I finally have the only reference book I have ever needed on chord progressions.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love this book, different organization/binding
*by W***S on July 8, 2020*

I love the method and information he is sharing, this is a fantastic resource for songwriters and people who want to wrap their head around simple chord progressions that create magic (you will need a different resource for more advanced harmony, but there is still merit in studying and learning simplicity) -- I wish the book was bigger with less pages and better binding, it is very thick. I also take issue with the way the sections are organized alphabetically!!! It would be much more logical to start with the chord foundations and then expand upon them. Basic Progressions is expanded upon by Ascending Progressions and Folk Progressions etc. Rather than opening the book with Ascending Progressions, or even including in the introduction an explanation of the author's chosen structure.

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