The Importance of Strong Chord sequences Over the last couple of weeks, Songbay has had the pleasure of welcoming some truly talented artists who deserve mention for their masterful use of chord sequences and firm grasp of harmonic theory. Take for example the latest upload from Mike Lea Jones. His outstanding song-‘Lonely’ uses the incredibly mellow progression of Eb minor 9 to Eb minor 9 added 6 (listen to ‘Lonely’) or the equally strong submission from Stephen Pickering, his song-‘Sick Continue
Songwriting thought of the Day
Is your lyric structured correctly?
Lyrics are designed to work with songs, therefore your lyric needs to have a song structure. Are you completely familar with song structures? For commercial, pop, country, rock, soul, hip hop songs, you need to have clearly defined sections. This is the most common song structure:
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Chorus
