{"id":17783,"date":"2021-08-21T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=17783"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:02:58","slug":"easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/","title":{"rendered":"4 easy ways to improve your chord progressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you ever felt like your chord progressions sounded boring, basic, or <em>sus<\/em>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry\u2014you&#8217;re in the right place. In the tutorial video above, we go over four simple ways you can improve your chord progressions. Spanning go-to techniques like inversions to lesser-known tricks like rootless voicings, these concepts will help you add textural flavor to your progressions without altering their core structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we&#8217;ll be showcasing examples using the rich timbres found in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Korg Collection 3 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39027907-korg-collection-3-vst-au-by-korg\" target=\"_blank\">Korg Collection 3<\/a> and a variety of DAWs (FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, and Ableton Live), you can apply these ideas using any instruments and workstations of your choosing. If you enjoyed the drum sounds that we used to support our chord progressions across the video, you can also find all of the samples in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this Collection. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/collections\/nickthechen\/tO5Kv1-96ISNlSyFaB_nNC2LfaQ\" target=\"_blank\">this Collection.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, if some of the terminology used in this tutorial went over your head, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"see this article for a deeper dive into the fundamental building blocks of harmony. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/an-introduction-to-harmony\/\" target=\"_blank\">see this article for a deeper dive into the fundamental building blocks of harmony.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have your own tricks for improving chord progressions that we didn&#8217;t cover? What topic in music production would you like to see us tackle on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"our YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCb8xLPa5RP8TnCsU7E5ASKQ\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube channel<\/a> next? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate the array of instruments available in KORG Collection 3 into your own productions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39027907-korg-collection-3-vst-au-by-korg\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try KORG Collection 3 for free<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore four concepts that will help you add interest to your chord progressions without altering their core structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":17784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1699,1696],"tags":[488,1633,1736,333,1473],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 easy ways to improve your chord progressions - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore four concepts that will help you add textural flavor to your chord progressions without altering their core structure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 easy ways to improve your chord progressions - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore four concepts that will help you add textural flavor to your chord progressions without altering their core structure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-21T18:02:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-21T18:02:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ChordProgression_BlogPost@2x-1024x640.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/006da68db2cca36c1730e68e67130d39\"},\"headline\":\"4 easy ways to improve your chord progressions\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-21T18:02:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-21T18:02:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/easy-ways-improve-chord-progressions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ChordProgression_BlogPost@2x.png\",\"keywords\":[\"arrangement\",\"composition\",\"korg\",\"plugins\",\"rent-to-own\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music Theory\",\"Tips &amp; 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