Chord Question 1

[JohnDoppler]

So a few days ago i was on madeon twitter and i saw he was talking about the chord progression in his remix of the night out

@madeon much better use of the Ab/C Bb C Dmi chord progression on your 'Night Out' remix than "california girls" by Katy Perry #kudos

@rykrmusic Best chord progression ever ! (Mylo - Drop The Pressure, Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You, etc)

so he says "much better use of the Ab/C Bb C Dmi chord progression"

whenever i make a chord progression, i try out loads of different chords untill i have a progression i like, so has madeon just found this progression and implemented it into his track? also, where can you find a "pre made progression"? is there a list somewhere.

also, (This might sound a bit dumb this far into the post)i'm guessing a Ab Bb C Dmi progression wouldnt be Ab then Bb then C then Dmi and then repeat, you can mix all the chords up and whatever. Can anyone confirm that?

Lastly, Can you use chords other than Ab Bb C Dmi? in an Ab Bb C Dmi progression?

P.S i know you can do anything you like but is it in the rules i mean

if anyone has an answer to any of thosequestion please reply

[oddstep]

Without knowing anything about the tracks in question... A chord progression with named chords has to have those chords in that order, otherwise its more like a list of chords used... The way a sequence of chords introduces ambiguity and resolution into a harmonic scheme is one of of the best things about playing more than one note at a time- this is driven by the relatioship between chords and the possible tonal centre of a chord progression. Because a given chord has as many variations as it has notes Dmi doesn't have to sound the same as every other Dmi.. however if someone specifies a chord progression they do mean those chords in that order..

The premade list of chord sequences is sort of intrinsic to the western diatonic scale. If you have a major scale and you build triad loosely in the form of a major chord whilst trying to keep all of the chord notes within a scale you quickly have a whole set of chord progressions that will sound incredibly familiar.