Which chords will sound good together?

[Toby267]

How do I know which chords will sound good together? Let say if I was writing a song or also i I am just messing around strummng. Are there any rules of thumb? I already know that in blues, a 1, 4,5 sounds cool. But, that is the only combination I know so far.

Like how does the songwriter know which chords to use in a 4 chord song for example?


Also, did you intentionally misspell the word "videos" as "vodeos"?

Toby


Also, when you are doing arpeggios, do you normally just hit the strings at random or do you follow a pattern every time? I know you have some patterns in the lessons but my guess is, you don't use that same one all the time.

I find that if I just dance my fingers, or a pick across the strings sometimes is sounds really good and other times it sounds like crap. I would like it to sound cool all the time. I would like to eliminate the part which sounds like crap. I want to de-crap my arpeggios.

Do you have any advice?