Fairly new to guitar.....i am wondering about chord progressions.

Question

I am wondering what chord progressions are used for. are these the only chords that sound good together while playing in a certain major key?

Answer 1

Hi Dirt

Here is a good link if you are serious enough to learn. It is a little technical but will put you on the right track as far as chord progressions are concerned.

http://www.abclearnguitar.com/chord-prog...

here is another good link: http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/progs....

Answer 2

A chord progression is simply the sequence of chords that harmonizes a given song or melody.

They're not necessarily the only chords that will sound good together when playing in a given key. A LOT of folk, blues, country and rock songs use only the I, IV and V chords of the key; in these cases there are additional chords in the key that aren't being used, namely the ii, iii, iv, and vii diminished.

OTOH, there are a lot of jazz and pop songs that use chords that are outside the key (in effect the song modulates to a different key for a measure or two and then goes back to the original key).