Three short modules on chords and songwriting, with playable piano demos and a quiz at the end. Learn a little before you buy anything.
Lesson 1
A basic chord, called a triad, is three notes stacked with one note skipped between each: play one, skip one, play one, skip one, play one.
Start on C and skip the white keys in between and you get C, E and G — the C major chord.
C major, note by note, then together
Hear C, E and G one at a time, then as one chord.
Lesson 2
Move the middle note of a major chord down by one key and it becomes minor. That one small change turns bright into tender.
C major is C–E–G. C minor is C–E♭–G. Same outside notes, different middle.
Bright, then tender
C major, then C minor — only the middle note moves.
Lesson 1
In the key of C, the C chord feels like home. Other chords feel like trips away from it, and the song feels settled when it comes back.
G (or G7) pulls hardest towards home. That pull is what makes an ending feel finished.
Away… and home
C, then F, then G7 pulling back to C.
Lesson 2
C, G, Am and F — four chords from the same key — power thousands of songs. Loop them and you already have the bed of a song.
Try the same four in a different order (Am, F, C, G) and the mood darkens without a single new chord.
C – G – Am – F
The loop behind countless pop songs.
Lesson 1
Pick two chords and loop them. Hum over the top until a short phrase keeps coming back — that's your first hook.
Small is good. Two chords you trust beat eight you're unsure of.
A two-chord writing loop
Am and F, repeating — hum something over it.
Lesson 2
End a section on the home chord and it feels finished. End on G and it feels like a question — perfect before a chorus.
Choose on purpose: question or answer.
Question, then answer
Dm – G (a question)… then Dm – G – C (the answer).
Five questions. Get 4 right to pass.
1. How many notes are in a basic triad?
2. What turns a major chord into a minor chord?
3. In the key of C, which chord feels like home?
4. Which chord pulls hardest back to C?
5. A section ending on G usually feels like…
ChordCraft goes deep on chords across twelve modules. Songwriting Foundations takes you from first idea to finished song.
