4 Chord Song

[Ska]

You guys seen this? Pretty awesome job by these guys.

YouTube- Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)

YouTube- Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)

[Kokoro]

Bravo! I bet it would be better if I knew more than half of the songs, haha. Nice find.

[The Frood]

YouTube- Pachelbel Rant

YouTube- Pachelbel Rant

[RubberDucky451]

Top of my head... First, Minor third, Fourth and Fifth?

Good stuff

[walfin]

Originally Posted by RubberDucky451

Top of my head... First, Minor third, Fourth and Fifth?

Relative minor, you mean, not minor 3rd.

The current 4-6 chord style (minor 3rd & minor 2nd only rarely added in above the basic 4 chords) of contemporary music is (IMHO) far less rich than the chromatic style of jazz.

[jycegrcia]

Panchelbel is awesome and he is everywhere. I saw him playing and I think it's quite hard for me to play like this. I was wondering whether it is possible to change any songs with the same chord progression into the same key?

[kantor1003]

Originally Posted by jycegrcia

I was wondering whether it is possible to change any songs with the same chord progression into the same key?

Sure, in the chord progression used in the axis of 4 chords for example you have I V vi IV, or 1 5 6 4 if you will, in major.. easily transposable.
Listing the chords found within major:
I major
II minor
III minor
IV major
V major
VI minor
VII diminished (half diminished if you include the 7th)

So, constructing the chord progression in C major you would then play the C major (1, the tonic) G major (5, the dominant) A minor (6, the relative minor) and F major (4, the sub dominant).

Moving it to another key, for example F major would then be F major, C major, D minor and Bb major.

[kantor1003]

Originally Posted by walfin

Relative minor, you mean, not minor 3rd.

The current 4-6 chord style (minor 3rd & minor 2nd only rarely added in above the basic 4 chords) of contemporary music is (IMHO) far less rich than the chromatic style of jazz.

what do you mean by minor 3rd rarely added?

But yeah, pop music rarely make use of the upper extensions (b9, 9, 11, #11, b13, 13).. amazing how much a good arrangement can make a simple 3 note chord sound like though. Romantic, baroque era classical (not too knowledgeable on the subject of classical music though, unfortunately) is often a good example of not too complicated, even "primitive" harmonies sounding like the most hip shit ever, because of brilliant arranging/orchestration.