http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/topic.php?id=473 Guitar theory questions and answers en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 05:55:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/search.php http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/topic.php?id=473#post-689 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:14:18 +0000 attaboy_jhb 689@http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/ GReat thanks! http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/topic.php?id=473#post-685 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:18:11 +0000 DesiSerna 685@http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/ It all depends on which chord is functioning as the root. And this is not always the first chord. For example, &quot;Sweet Home Alabama&quot; starts on D but the root is really G. In your example it's possible to create an Em <a class="postlink" href="http&#58;//guitar-music-theory&#46;com/chord-progressions&#46;html">chord progression</a> that starts on Am. You just have to arrange it so that everything leads to and resolves on Em. http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/topic.php?id=473#post-679 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:52:16 +0000 attaboy_jhb 679@http://guitar-music-theory.com/bbpress/ Does anybody know if you can you build chord progressions starting on the &quot;ii&quot; or &quot;iii&quot; chords of a major scale without necessarily using a mode? so say you have this progression<br /> <br /> Am, Em, D, Em<br /> <br /> Since these chords are part of Gmajor/E minor does this mean the song will be in A Dorian mode?? or can it still be in regular Gmaj/Emin and if so , how do you tell the difference? would it be the melody of the song that defines that in this case??<br /> <br /> thanks for the help!! great forum!