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6.8.2 Chord Map: Make a Chord Progression
A chord map is a circular harmonic scale diagram of a chord progression. With a chord map, you can see chord progressions at work.
Chord maps are easy to learn to sketch, and wickedly effective. You don’t need to know anything about reading music. If you use chord maps in your own songwriting, the results may amaze you.
You can sketch a chord map for any of your own songs or any other songs you choose. Suppose, for example, you hear a song that has a particularly striking, compelling chord progression. Want to know exactly what makes it striking and compelling?
You can find out in a only few minutes by doing a chord map.
You can use chord maps to visually explore the chord progressions of any kind of song, any genre—pop, rock, jazz, country, folk, blues, you name it. Even classical music.