6 Emotional Chord Progressions

Guitar and Emotions

Today I will show you how you can use your guitar to create amazing emotional chord progressions.

I think each instrument can recreate an emotion, and guitar (or fingerstyle guitar) is probably one of the few that can reproduce almost all the emotions humans are capable of.

In this video, I play 6 emotional chord progressions that you can learn and implement in your guitar playing.

The purpose of this video is to provide material that can inspire you to recreate a specific emotion or feeling with your guitar.

Obviously, this isn’t a lesson for absolute beginners, but if you want, you can access the tab and slowly learn one progression at a time.

The Video

Chord Progression N.1

Deep Thinking Kind of Emotional – Get the Full Lesson and tab – Access the Student Area –

Em – D – C – G – G/F#

This chord progression is perfect if you want to reproduce the moment we get stuck in our thoughts.

The descending chord progression going from Em to D, and then C gives the music a sense of rest.

You don’t feel like running when you listen to this kind of music, instead of a feeling of quietness and peace.

On the 2nd and 3rd rounds, I also added a few notes to spice up the chord progression.

There is also a lot of reverb effect, which really helps to sustain the notes.

Chord Progression N.2

We Did What We Could kind of Emotional.

Amadd9 – Fmaj7(#11)/A – Am7add9 – G

Every time you need to make a chord progression sad, you can always rely on minor add 9 chords.

They are beautiful sounding chords that can be associate with sadness and grief.

In this chord progression, I am using an Aminadd9 chord at the beginning of the progression, which gives a clear statement: It’s a sad chord progression!

There is also another interesting chord, which is the Fmaj7(11)/A. 

Using two-chord with the same bass note can create amazing emotional chord progressions, especially if you play in a minor key.

Chord Progression N.3

Best Friend Kind of Emotional

C/E – F/A – C/E – G – F – Am – G

This chord progression is in a Major key!

Creating emotional chord progressions is that they don’t necessarily have to be in a minor key.

Emotional could also relate to a happy feeling, and this is what this chord progression is about.

The chords are exciting and fun to play.

I am using inverted triads, a chord with a different bass note.

The first C major and the F major will be played with the 3rd on the bass (E and A).

I love these chords.

Chord Progression N.4

Difficult Decision Kind of Emotional

Dm – Bb(#11) – Gm x4 – Bbmaj – Cmaj – Dm

Decisions are tough to take.

What kind of music would you play in your head if you struggled to make a difficult decision?

In my head, I mainly play a minor chord progression, cluster chords, and open strings.

A cluster is achieved by playing at least two adjacent notes from the scale.

If we analyze the first chord (the D minor), you will notice that the second string is an F while the first open string is an E.

Chord Progression N.5

Finally, Happy Kind of Emotional – Get the Full Lesson and tab – Access the Student Area –

D – A – Bm – A – B – A – Bm – A/C# – D – D/F# G

Many chords here.

This is another example of a happy emotional feeling.

In the beginning, the chord progression is very similar to the Canon in D; then, it develops in a much more pop chord progression.

The idea here is to create a major, positive, and happy progression of chords.

I had a lot of fun adding the melody to the last chorus, so I hope you find that not too difficult.

Good luck.

Chord Progression N.6

Driving Alone Kind of Emotional

Am – G/A – F/A – Amadd9

Another chord progression in A minor, this time, though with a completely different vibe.

Here I am playing major and minor chords with the same bass note. This approach is beneficial if you want to create emotional chord progressions.

All the chords used here are basic triads played on the top three string using the same A as the bass note.

I am also using an F and G major as a passing chord to close the chord progression.

Good luck!

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