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E Minor & Chord Progressions in Christmas Song Composition

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Summary: Adding E minor to your guitar chord progression can give your Christmas song a mysterious flare; learn more about the E minor chord and how to write Christmas songs for guitar in this free music composition video lesson.

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Erica Lane Erica Lane is a recording artist and music teacher. She graduated, Cum Laude, from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, with a Bachelor of Music degree. She ... read more

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E Minor & Chord Progressions in Christmas Song Composition

Hi, I'm Erica Lane with Expert Village talking about how to write a Christmas song on the guitar. After you experimented a little bit with your chordal progressions and you've chosen your three chords for the one four five progression. What you want to do is actually play them and decide which order you want to put them. So whether you want to start with C, D, or G is up to you depends on how you want to start the song, what kind of style you are writing the song in. What your mood is going to be? If you want to add a little bit of a mysterious flare go ahead and throw in a E minor. Which will fit in the one four five progression and that will really kind of add a different taste to your song. So here is your one four five progression including an E minor. (playing guitar)

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