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Money Chords: A Songwriter's Sourcebook of Popular Chord Progressions Paperback – June 15, 2000

by Richard Scott (Author)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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Money Chords is a comprehensive reference book of popular chord progressions. It identifies the eighty most popular chord progressions that have been used time and again to write hit songs and twelve tools to create them. The book is the result of the compilation and analysis of a representative sampling of over two thousand popular chord progressions that took several years to compile. Chord progressions are categorized both chronologically and by progression type. Chronological listings identify progression types common to a specific time period and the evolution of various progression types. Progression type listings compare how the best songwriters and performers have utilized similar chord progressions. Money Chords is intended to be a songwriters tool box to help stimulate the creation of many more great songs in the new millenium.
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    0595010393
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Richard J. Scott has been a guitarist/songwriter for 35 years, an analyst for 25 years, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education. Prior writing work includes the Residential Construction chapter of Credit Considerations published by Robert Morris Associates.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ iUniverse (June 15, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0595010393
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0595010394
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.27 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1.16 x 11 inches
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Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2013
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the author is amazing , in the format , and simplicity , he lay's out this resource book , it is foundational to any musician, and I highly recommend these books ,, ..Amazon fell off the wagon on the order part of the transaction , but the quality of the material when I did get it , made up for it I was surprised that this Amazon order fell into limbo but when I need something again I will order
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Dr Joe Vitale
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing resource!
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2011
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I LOVE this book. I even bought a copy for a singer friend. I was able to write ten all original songs for my first album thanks to this bible. All you really have to do is thumb through it and let your creativity lead the way. The author gave us a labor of love here. I can't praise it enough. All I ask is the publisher make it available as an ebook for kindle and my ipad. [...]
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DaleM
2.0 out of 5 stars Promises more than it delivers
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2021
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I like the idea of a catalog of chord progressions by songs, but it's very hard to use.

One major fallacy is that it is near impossible to find any specific song in the book if you don't already know how that song is categorized. For example, if I wanted to know other songs with the same chord progression as another song, this book is almost zero help. Simply adding an index of songs would have been a tremendous help.

Other complaints are so many of the "progressions" are just fragments of a progression and not full progressions making their reference in the book somewhat meaningless. For example, pointing out songs that have I-V or V-I progressions is like shooting fish in a barrel. It's actually hard to a song without that change!

Also, the progressions are sometimes called out in the most obscure places, like several measures occurring a single time in a pre-chorus, for example. Hardly representatives of the song.

It's also strange ... though not exactly a problem ... that all the progressions have been transposed to the key of E.

What is interesting about this book is the huge amount of research that was done to produce the book. Perhaps a songwriter looking for inspiration could open up the book to a random page and get some ideas.

But, for me, I've consulted it a few times to understand what some of the most popular progressions are (not the nearly 100 popular progressions, a number which starts to become meaningless), or to understand how different genres use different progressions or to find songs with similar progressions to one I am currently studying. Unfortunately, I nearly always come away frustrated that the book just isn't that helpful for me.
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Fritz S. III
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice tool for pumping out ideas for tunes.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2019
This is an excellent book for songwriters, not someone who plays songs to humor themselves. Which if that keeps you happy is great. Since chord progressions can’t be copyrighted a prospective songwriter can use a progression to come up with their very own tune. It’s a matter of coming up with an original melody. Changing tempos, meter, style and key you can come up with your own tune. I carry this book with me on trips for inspiration. Try it if you want to write a song of your own.
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AL
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent But Not the Money Chords from Online
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023
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No chord diagrams, like “Money Chords” on the internet, for free. Just lists of progressions:
EBG#mA
EAC#mB
EC#mAB, etc.

It’s massive and could have fit in a 4”x6” book with the same text. Good compendium. $$$$
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Kirk
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2002
The introduction alone was worth the price of admission. What separartes this book from others I've seen is the discussion of descending, ascending, and static (pedal point) progressions. The appendix included nine pages of common and uncommon descending bass lines alone. These were categorized by bass note runs so any budding songwriter can review what has been and can be done with this type of progression that is used to create romantic moods. Good Stuff.
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R. Steger
1.0 out of 5 stars Has it's value but make sure you know what youre buying.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2009
Wish I looked inside this book before buying it. This book is just a giant unorganized list of chord progressions. I'm sure it's a valuable tool to someone but certainly not to me. I think the book "Chord Progressions For Songwriters (Paperback)" would be a better choice. I am a bit weary now of ordering a second book from this author.

It is sloppy, poorly structured and quite frankly a waste of paper. The text in this book is in need of cosmetic surgery. Wish I spent my money on something else instead of contributing it to the negative impact this 450 pages must have had on the environment.

Blasphemous.
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Chord Progression Sourcebook On The Market
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2001
This book is the best source of information on popular chord progressions that I have found. You don't need to have any music theory knowledge in order to gain useful insights into chord progressions to help improve your songwriting skills. This book has thousands of examples all transposed to the guitar-friendly key of E so that the reader can easily see commonalities instead of the complicated Roman Numeral or Nashville System. Progressions are logically organized and presented in a dictionary-like format. If you're looking to advance your knowledge of popular chord progressions, this is your one sourcebook.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book!
Reviewed in Italy on March 20, 2023
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Good book for exploring songwriting and music theory
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birdman
1.0 out of 5 stars nutzlos
Reviewed in Germany on April 29, 2020
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Es werden einfach ein paar Akkordfolgen genannt und die Songs in denen sie vorkommen.
In etwas so: Akkordfolgen die mit A anfangen und die Songs in denen sie vorkommen.........
Keine vernünftige Systematik. Kaum Hintergründe oder Informationen, keine Erklärungen (und wenn sind die eher dürftig und verursachten teilweise bei mir als Musiker eher entsetztes Lachen). Es fehlen komplett die Infos in welchem harmonischen Kontext die Akkorde genutzt werden und welche Funktion sie in der Akkordfolge haben.
Für Jemanden der sich mit Musik und Harmonielehre auch nur etwas auseinandergesetzt hat mit Sicherheit sinnlos.
Im Vergleich zu Richard Scott's Chord Pogressions for Songwriters (gute Erkärungen und super Systematik) enttäuschend für mich.
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Stephen Gerard
5.0 out of 5 stars Whew
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2015
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Excellent, intelligent, comprehensive
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