I have following progression:
G-Em-Bm-C G-Em-Bm-C
G-Bm-F#m-A D-Bm-F#m-???
G-Em-Bm-C...
I am happy with the progression and it works well, but struggling with the last chord.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Sign up to join this communityI have following progression:
G-Em-Bm-C G-Em-Bm-C
G-Bm-F#m-A D-Bm-F#m-???
G-Em-Bm-C...
I am happy with the progression and it works well, but struggling with the last chord.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
A great deal depends on how you're voicing the chords. Here are a few options.
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"^G"[GBd] "^Bm/F#"[^FBd] "^F#m"[^FA^c] "^A"[EA^c] |
"^D"[^FAd] "^Bm/F#"[^FBd] "^F#m"[^FA^c] "^F#7"[^F^A^ce] | "^G"[GBd]
You start with G-Bm-F#m-A. Then effectively substitute D for G, but then continue the same way. So a listener is prepped to hear an A chord, especially since the first part of the song also has two repetitions of its own chord sequence.
If you voice G-Bm-F#m-A such that the top pitches are D-D-C#-C#, then you can begin the next group the same way (D-Bm-F#m with top pitches again D-D-C#), but this time let the top pitch progress down to B.
Also provides a nice contrast to the Em earlier in the song.
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"^G"[GBd] "^Bm/F#"[^FBd] "^F#m"[^FA^c] "^A"[EA^c] |
"^D"[^FAd] "^Bm/F#"[^FBd] "^F#m"[^FA^c] "^E"[E^GB] | "^G"[GBd]
1 A beautiful example of this F#7 G
progression can be heard in John Lennon's "Imagine". In the transition from "You may say I'm a dreamer" into "but I'm not the only one" the chords E7 F
are used. You can hear them below at 2:15 (link is set to 2:10).
Since it looks like you’re on your way back to G I think the way to go is to play a D7, a good ol’ V7 chord. What do you think? I think it works well because you modulated to D for a bit then the I chord becomes the V chord back to your original key.
Expanding on my comment to your question, suggesting you work back from where you want to go, that last F#m isn’t playing nice to my ear. I suggest you change it to a C chord, and end with D7.
G-Em-Bm-C G-Em-Bm-C
G-Bm-F#m-A D-Bm-C-D7
G-Em-Bm-C…
I think there are also cases to be made for:
G-Em-Bm-C G-Em-Bm-C
Em-Bm-F#7-A D-Bm-C-D7
G-Em-Bm-C...