Famous Chords With Weird Nicknames (And How To Write Music With Them) [SONGWRITING + MUSIC THEORY]

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Complete Music Theory Course for Songwriters: https://tinyurl.com/yv7uxjre The Chord Progression Codex: https://tinyurl.com/yytbhyvh Tabs + More At My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/signalsmusicstudio Some chords are so famous and popular they got their own name. This lesson teaches several of them, like the Neapolitan Chord, the Augmented Sixth Chord, the Backdoor Chord, Cadential 64, and more. At the end, we try writing music with these popular chords. I've done lessons on some of these chords and progressions: The Mario Cadence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7BcbS15tU The Picardy Third: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2-Qr4htrA Minor Plagal Cadence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEadIDOBpuA Here's the excellent video behind the Neopolitan Chord's history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWiF3XW4dU&t=20s Here's a blog post from Frank Lehmen on Hollywood Cadences: https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.13.19.4/mto.13.19.4.lehman.html Stephen Laitz' on the Hollywood Cadence: h

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