Songs that don’t start on the tonic chord

For a limited time, get 20% off select Hooktheory products when you use this link: 🎼 My video on songs with NO tonic chord: Although most songs will begin on their tonic chord, the home chord of the key, many songs don’t and there is certainly a special feel, a momentum, to songs that don’t start on the tonic. The outro music to this video is my track “Kneel“ which you can hear in full on Spotify: 🎶 And, an extra special thanks goes to Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:21 begin on IV chord 2:21 begin on ii chord 3:18