Songwriting

Starting Your Song On The 5 Chord

by Clay Mills
May 9, 2023

Hey Song Meisters! Are you stuck in a chord rut?

Well, I’m going to give you a trick I’ve used when writing hits like Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It by Darius Rucker. It’s all about placing the 5 chord in  an unexpected place.

This is a short video but will go a long way in breaking you out of using the same old chords and making your music stand out from the crowd.

Clay Mills-Darius Rucker - Starting Your Song On The 5 Chord

Write on!

Clay

Clay Mills

Clay Mills

Clay Mills is a 16-time ASCAP hit songwriter and performer. He’s a two-time Grammy nominee for “Beautiful Mess” by Diamond Rio and “Heaven Heartache” by Trisha Yearwood. He is the co-founder of the world-wide songwriting community SongTown and co-author of the best-selling books Mastering Melody Writing and The Songwriter’s Guide To Mastering Cowriting.

In 2022, he was inducted into the Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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