Chords and harmony, Stealing ideas

Quick songwriting tip – A Gospel Ending

The Plagal cadence I mentioned a few posts ago is a way of ending a progression that you often hear in christian music – Chords IV to I, eg. F to C.

This is often extended with a couple of passing chords to F C/E G/D C (or IV Ib Vc I).

You can hear it in Let it Be by the Beatles:

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