The more songs you play that include a 1-4 chord change, the better you’ll recognize the chord change regardless of key. You get to know intervals like 4ths by familiarizing yourself with their sound and by playing them on the fretboard. In other words, the musical distance from 1 to 4 in the key of C is the same as the music distance from 1 to 4 in the key of D and 1 to 4 in the key of A.
Think “Stir it Up” by Bob Marley.Įven though these songs are in different keys, the interval structure between the chords is the same. In the key of A, chords 1, 4, and 5 are A, D, and E. For example, in the key of D, chords 1, 4, and 5 are D, G, and A. Likewise, you can go up or down from C to G.Īnytime you play in a major scale and use the chords built on the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees, you make a 1-4-5 chord progression. Or, you can move down in pitch from C to F by playing F at the 1st fret of string 6. For example, you can move from chord 1, C, to chord 4, F, by moving up in pitch from C at the 8th fret on string 6 to F at the 8th fret of string 5.
When you move from chord 1 to chord 4 or 5, you can move up or down in pitch to the chords. Any song that makes use of these chords is considered a type of “1 4 5” chord progression. In the key of C, C, F, and G are all played as major chords. For example, in the C major scale, the 1st note is C, the 4th note is F and the 5th note is G. The numbers 1, 4, and 5 refer to degrees in the major scale.
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