How do you find chords based on melody?
Finding chords for your melody, steps to follow:
- Try to transpose the melody to a scale you know well.
- Try to find your bass notes first.
- Start with the root note (of the scale).
- Many progressions start or end with the root note (tonic).
- After finding a fitting bass progression, build chords on it.
How do you find the key progression of a chord?
To find the key from a chord progression, do the following:
- Write down all of the chords.
- Write down the scales associated with each chord. (ie: If you have E minor, write down the E minor scale. ...
- Look at each scale and see if the chords' root notes are within that scale. If they are, that is the key you are in.