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Title: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: 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]

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: Suljo on May 07, 2010, 22:18

They missed Let it Bleed from Stones...
Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8ov34Gels#lq-lq2-hq)

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: fotografer on May 08, 2010, 02:01

Haha, Brilliant. Thanks for posting the link. :)

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: Dreamframer on May 08, 2010, 03:39

Haha, yes that's true :) Only 4 chords are enough. Thanks for sharing Adelaide!

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: Oldhand on May 08, 2010, 07:12

Springsteen made a career from it!

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

Oldhand

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: ErickN 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".

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: Graffoto 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-bar_blues)

Really cute video BTW, thanks for posting!

Title: Re: 40 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Post by: madelaide on May 08, 2010, 15:15

I forgot to tell that I thought of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" when the guy played the chords.