I don’t understand why when I think of a key, I automatically play the root chord of that key. If I think C major key, the very first chord I think and play will be the C major chord. I think of E minor key? Guess what! I am playing an E minor chord.

But what if we change that? What if I deliberately postpone the root chord and start the chord progression with a different chord.

What if I think C major, but I play an F minor chord before the C major? Would it make the chord progression more interesting? And most importantly, does it bring a fresh wave of new ideas into my playing?

Let’s find out.

In this video, I am going to show you a bunch of chord progressions that DON’T start with the root chord. Let’s move the most obvious chord (the root chord) far away from the beginning, and let’s see what happens.

We will have a look at wight different chord progression:

• C major key: Fm-C.
• E major key: F#m-A-E-B.
• Am minor key: Dm-Am.
• B minor key: Em-G-A-Bm.
• D minor key: Bb-C-Am-Dm.
• E major key: Asus2(#11)-E.
• A major key: Dmaj7-C#m7-Bm7-Amaj7.
• E major key: F#-A-C-E

Enjoy this video!