By the nature of the song-shaped-beast, you will probably want to save your best or catchiest chord progression, hook or melody for your chorus, but there is nothing to stop you using the same chords, ...

Here we have half a dozen nifty techniques that can be used to transform basic chord structures into far more interesting shapes and progressions. Let's go! A normal C major chord is C-E-G ...

According to the authors, not only is there an element of surprise in the verses, attained by altering the D minor/B flat major chord progression, but the refrain at the 2:56 mark (3:17 in the ...