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Originally Posted by OliveCorduroy
Going into this question, I recognize that this is all about music theory and I want to dig into that but I don't even know where to begin. I understand the major scale and how chord progressions are developed from that but other than that I don't know why some work well while others don't.
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Fazool and Silly Moustache gave you two good keywords - I'll elaborate a bit on that. Assuming you know the major scale:
--> Harmonize it
--> Play I - II - VI - V using quadads
--> Learn how the other chords substitute these ones (e.g. II substitutes IV)
--> Learn the Circle of Fifth and use to change key, then start again.
Any theory book would contain these stuff, but really, Wikipedia and YouTube will help you just fine.
Ll.