[Nessie162]

My nightmare...
Any tips on how to do this Chord Change questions (especially G/C level)
How do you do it?? How am I supposed to know what chord the music is moving to? We were doing these today at school and I barely got any chord right. Our teacher said that she can't really teach us this and we just have to HEAR it. She gave us a few tips on how to do that but I just don't get them.

Please help...

[Irythm]

Hello! The best way (that my teacher told me) for most people I know is to literally count in your head up to the chord that it changes to. Like if it started at chord 1 and ended on 5 you'd count up tones until you get to the chord that fits. So from 1 and you counted 5 up, you know you'd be on chord 5, then if the next chord when up 1 tone then you'd know it was chord 6. I don't think I explained it all that well but it works very well for most people.

Another was is like your teacher is suggesting and simply to hear it. To do this it's good to practice on a keyboard simply going from one chord to another and learning the sounds.

Also if the chord sounds minor it can only be chord 6.

I hopes this helps, once you can do it, like anything else it becomes way easier.

[christielovesyou]

To be honest...At that level, they reuse the same chord progressions all the time, it's rarely anything that requires a lot of thinking. Sorry if I'm way out on this, I did Int. 2 rather than SG, but I'm assuming it's the same format.

Learn your I-vi-IV-V-I (e.g. "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King, "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" from Hairspray...Sorry those examples are so naff but they make the chord progression veeeeery clear!) and your Blues progression, which is I-IV-I-V-VI-I (e.g. "Hound Dog", and really sort of song from that era). I'd advise you learn those progressions first because, personally, I think it makes it easier to hear more unusual progressions because you know what each chord sounds like in context.

Hope this helps.