From the course: Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals

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Triads, chord progressions, and cadences in a song

Triads, chord progressions, and cadences in a song

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Triads, chord progressions, and cadences in a song

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- So now I'm going to tie in some of the concepts I just covered. Cordon versions and voicings, cadences, and chord progressions by using one of my own songs as an example called "New York, I Love It When You're Mean". The song's in F major, and I'm going to pick it up from the middle of the song. ♪ Some other cities maybe easy on the eyes ♪ ♪ You see yourself living there, happy till you die ♪ ♪ But give it to me real, I don't want to live in a dream ♪ ♪ New York, I love it when you're mean ♪ ♪ New York, it's exactly as it seems ♪ ♪ New York, you don't like it, you can leave ♪ ♪ New York, you don't know what it means when you mean to me ♪ You'll see, I use deceptive cadences a lot in the song and the lick is a perfect example. Let's go through the lick here. It's one to a three, to a six, to a five. Again one to a three, to a six, to a five. So typically from that five chord, you'll expect me to move to a one which would be…

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