Author Topic: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles) (Read 4981 times)

madelaide · « **on:** May 07, 2010, 21:54 »

40 hits using the same chords: C G Am Em. Maybe there is a logical explanation for this pattern.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I[/youtube]

Suljo · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2010, 22:18 »

They missed Let it Bleed from Stones...


Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones

fotografer · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2010, 02:01 »

Haha, Brilliant. Thanks for posting the link.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2010, 03:39 »

Haha, yes that's true

Only 4 chords are enough. Thanks for sharing Adelaide!

Oldhand · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2010, 07:12 »

Springsteen made a career from it!

It's how you play them that's the trick.

Oldhand

ErickN · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2010, 07:53 »

Thanks for the link Adelaide.

BTW, the chord pattern in this video is C G Am F (not Em)

And yes, some chord patterns are "standards" which sound good to our ears (at least ears used to listen to western music).

I used to play lots of jazz music, and two chord progressions are very well known by jazz musicians. That's what we call 2-5-1 and 6-2-5-1. I guess such patterns also exist for pop music or other genres.

For more info, you can google "2 5 1 chord progression" or "6 2 5 1 chord progression".

Graffoto · « **Reply #6 on:** May 08, 2010, 10:49 »

Four chords, and forty hits?
Not bad, but the classic Twelve bar blues progression only needs three chords and there are literally thousands of songs based on that simple foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-bar_blues

Really cute video BTW, thanks for posting!