01Year 1
Two chords are enough
My studio
Write my song.
Write your own song: the sections, the chords bar by bar, the rhythm. Then the app plays it. A chorus that comes back keeps its chords and its rhythm, as in a real song.
Learn to write a song
17 steps, from two chords to a recorded demo
02Year 1
The four chords behind thousands of songs
03Year 1
Music is made of bricks
04Year 1
Form: verse, chorus, bridge
05Year 1
The chorus opens up
06Year 2
Style: the strumming hand tells the story
07Year 2
Melody: chord notes on the strong beats
08Year 2
The hook: the phrase you can’t forget
09Year 2
Lyrics: one subject, images, rhyme
10Year 3
Colours: sevenths, sus and borrowed chords
11Year 2
The ii – V: coming home
12Year 3
Secondary dominants: stepping out for a moment
13Year 3
The bridge and the surprise
14Year 3
Intro, solo and ending: arranging
15Year 4
Tritone, backdoor and modal vamp
16Year 4
The demo: recording your song
17Year 4
Rewriting: a song is finished by reworking it
Harmony, year after year
In My studio, one tap changes a section’s chords, with the explanation. You hear it before and after.
1Year 1
One toolThe V becomes V7
2Year 2
4 toolsSus4 before the V · ii – V to the I · The relative minor · Change chords faster
3Year 3
4 toolsSecondary dominants · Borrow from the minor · The passing diminished chord · Four-note chords
4Year 4
4 toolsThe tritone substitution · The backdoor ii – V · The chromatic mediant · The modal vamp (Mixolydian)
Music is made of bricks
A song is like a building set. Every section is made of bricks laid on top of each other: a chord grid, a strumming rhythm, a melody or a riff, lyrics. The bricks come back, you vary them, and you add a new one to surprise.
In the app, Chris’s bricks: a grid, a rhythm or a riff, with its explanation. You hear it on its own, you see it on the neck, and you put it in your song.
My studio is in the appYour very own first songTwo chords are enough to start.Prices include tax