This pulls the curtain open on a pop music scam--there are just a few plots (song patterns). Different voices, timbres, tempos give the illusion of different tunes.
@mathyou9 God it should be a lot of work. Took you a lot of time? I don't know if you're planning to update it since you did it like 3 years ago but by the way you could've put Heavin Coming Down - The Tea Party .
@Fitz97forpresident It's not the same as autotune. The chord are the same, but the keys are different, Rebecca Black just can't sing in key. Very different!
Thanks for killing over half of these songs, specifically, Angel in the Night, Always on my Mind, Canvas Bags, You're Beautiful, Hell; Even Birdplane didn't sound right. Dude, don't fuck with tempo, or keys of good songs to prove a point, yes some of these are rather similar, but only the Axis of Awesome did this correctly. All videos like this other than them, fuck it up. Don't mess with good music. Alot of these just sound wrong.
@Fitz97forpresident he didn't fuck with the keys just the pitch and tempo. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SOUND DIFFERENTLY... many bands ack in the 70s to 90s just sounded the same, this provides variety.
Awesome job, having the actual singers is such a treat. Why do people who think they know more have to be mean. This is the sad part of Youtube comments. Thanks for sharing your work.
@ilovemusic555 So do a lot of these songs. But every single song here highlights this chord progression heavily. Some do it in the verse, others in the chorus or bridge. Admittedly some of them use only these four chords.The progression is there though. . Can't hide it in any of them. And I don't know why everyone thinks that is so bad?
@Schmalzgau so every musician should use different chords? Way too limit creativity :D Thing is, 4 chord is common AND popular because it is the easiest to work with in terms of effort + results. Not to mention acoustic guitar is 4 chords as a basic design. So early years for guitarists usually involve using only those basic 4 chords for lessons.
who ever made this video.. maybe you could make another video all with songs that use i VI VII (in minor) this progression is slightly less overused but still theres enough songs that use this. for example kryptonite - 3 door down ... this song uses this scheme throughout the whole song..
@szili101 No. it's true, the video is perfectly done and there's nothing wrong with it. I don't understand the "dislikes. Wake up people, what's the point in denying it. Music is like math, you can't fight that.... (can't stand the haters).
I love how you mixed them like this so it wouldn't sound awful...you made it sound way worse than it would have had you mixed them naturally. Most mixes don't consist solely of songs with the same key and tempo.
@ben2nd I think because they transposed it. Or simpler: they pitched it downl - as far as I can tell, the actual songs are higher in tone, or lower, faster or slower.
To be honest, half of those were transposed into a certain key. Obviously yeah I'm guessing they're something like a rotation around a 1-4-5 chord progression within a certain key...but you can't label them '4 chords-65 songs' because they're not the same chords even though they've been transposed into another key. (I'm 14, don't have a go at me...)
@sosaythemonter why is not? because of a very common chord progression? Sorry if this comes off as rude, but you do know that there are tons and tons of songs that share the same chord progression. You just seem to want to have something to say about "the mainstream."
This is a fairly common chord progression, anyway, I'm not seeing the big deal...? Don't get me wrong I like the vid and all, but it goes to show why I like music with a bit less predictable chords.
Find your instrument...learn four chords...begin your own outpouring of musical emotion...these guys did and it's working for them! This is a great teaching aid for anyone getting playing music...well done!
@legovoiceactor practically, the chords aren't the same at all, it has to do something with ranges between the hieght and sound of the chords which is standard.
the thumb bar looks like when harry and voldemort'spells were fighting in the graveyard of the "goblet of fire"...and voldemort is winning by a little!
Rap songs don't count. Every already knew that there isn't any creativity in that genre. It wouldn't even exist if it couldn't steal beats from actual music
@DonnyBaker45 Yeah, rap sucks! It shouldn't even count as a music genre because in rap, there are no "real" instruments. They only play turntables, which don't count as instruments. Turntables should only be used for playing vinyl records. Rappers would say, "you can't do this with real instruments. Watch!" I would be like, "I don't fucking care. Can you play chords on that piece of shit like a guitar and piano? Of course not." If someone read this and tells me to STFU, Your mom is a big fat ho.
@68corvette08 This is not completely true. Some of them do use real instruments. Like Dr. Dre, which means the acts he produces as well and there are some really big names in that bunch.
Pfftt!!! you just changed the key in half of them!!! haha dont quit your day job....unless of course it involves remixing songs.....in that case, quit your job
@AmyLouiseMusica actual no! he just change the dynamic or Speed if you want so. If you listen detailled you will here that the chords were always the same one ;-)
@ansgar182 excuse me, but i think i know what i'm talking about. He changed the key of the songs to fit...yes he slowed down/sped them up, but he DOES change the key in the songs. Unfortunatly not for the better. Get your musical hearing checked!
A girl died in 1933 by a homicidal murderer. He buried her in the ground when she was still alive. The murdered chanted, "Toma sota balcu" as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
They ARE the same chord progressions, except in different keys for each song. So for those criticizing the chords because they change keys with each new song, think again.
Nobody's ever heard of Josh and the Dream Killer [sic], and there's a reason for it. Here's a new game, viewers, which mob are the biggest douches in this video? James Blunt and U2 are given as free...
i think if you were going to do a video like this at all, you should'nt have messed with the actual recordings of the music, 80 % of these songs sound nothing like the originals because you messed with the tempo and altered the vocals. How are we supposed to get any sense of the "Four chord" progresiion if we are too distracted with the synthesized voices and tampered tempo's?
Form, arrangement, sense of climax, melody, great use of harmony, these are all things more important than your choice of chord. Listen to the video response Corner of Twain and Wynn. It is the song this video seems to be based upon. That song is astounding. It uses the 4 chords, but for but a moment and moves into chords not even within the key. Whoever wrote this was very clever. The words, the arc, the form, all make this a great song for sure. Check it out if you don't believe me!
Look there are 12 individual tones. A semitone is a measurement from one tone to the next and in western music is the smallest increment between tones. As I read through a lot of these comments many are arrogant and silly. All music uses this progression, and a lot. Jazz, classical, rock, pop, rag time, you name it, this is bound to be found. Great song writing isn't about the chords you use, but how you use them.
I think that Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet" deserves a pass here because they have a lot more going on in that song than just the same four chords repeating over and over again for the entire song, which is the case for MANY of these songs. It just goes to show that you can use this chord progression in a song, but you have to do it sparingly and keep it interesting!!
The music 'industry' is no more so than now. Factory-manufactured and pumped out to meet demand. Nothing special. Obvious transposition to make the point more evident, but point well taken. Cheers to assembly line music 8-)
@619ck154 there are so many dislikes because people got butthurt when they realized that the song they thought was so creative was really just more 4-chord shit
@AndresMarroquinDude It can do, but doesn't have to, it's the same as metal, rock, pop, etc. Because Rock and Pop are more popular, less good songs come to the forefront more often. Since classical music, metal, etc. tends only to draw people who genuinely enjoy the music, the pool from which musicians are drawn is smaller yet much more densely packed with people who genuinely love the music.
Oh, haha, I haven't heard of them. If you haven't listened to Yes, listen to the album "Close To The Edge." The title track is 18 minutes and written in four movements, and the lyrics to the entire album are based on the Hindu/Buddhist text of the novel "Siddhartha." On a genius scale, it pretty much slaughters 99.99% of anything that's ever happened.
@xXyZaThEx nonsense. Pachelbel's Canon is a circle of fifths, so it doesn't pass from the vi to the IV, first of all. Secondly, Pachelbel didn't compose that, it was an established progression, much like the one in the video, that everyone played around with in a very restrictive time for music.
@xXyZaThEx Yes, you did. But that's irrelevant as the chord progressions are still not the same. But since the piece only became popular in the 20th century, I suppose you *could* argue that the initial sequence of I-V-vi had some effect on the popularity of of the I-V-vi-IV, but to me it's just a mixed up doo-wop progression. I think it's a coincidence.
@Sveccha93 It's still relevant to "Pachelbel didn't compose that." Either way, the progressions sound very similar to each other, and the popularity of the two are probably related on some level.
@Moroni1984 Pachabel was the late 17th century (1600's) actually. Rob Paravonian got the wrong century (in the heat of the punchline, I'm sure). It's such a simple and adaptable progression that it equals instant hit! I've even heard it in video games.
i tried to make my own list of standard chord progressions (feat. I-V-VI-IV and VI-IV-I-V). i eventually stopped, but i reached 110 songs! !11O SONGS!
This pulls the curtain open on a pop music scam--there are just a few plots (song patterns). Different voices, timbres, tempos give the illusion of different tunes.
david203 6 days ago
is it me or do i like every single one of these songs?
jetstream321 1 week ago
@mathyou9 God it should be a lot of work. Took you a lot of time? I don't know if you're planning to update it since you did it like 3 years ago but by the way you could've put Heavin Coming Down - The Tea Party .
moichtunrealman 1 week ago
Remember what we learned from Rebecca Black; Just because you can auto-tune something, sure as HELL doesn't mean you should.
Fitz97forpresident 1 week ago
@Fitz97forpresident It's not the same as autotune. The chord are the same, but the keys are different, Rebecca Black just can't sing in key. Very different!
lennic95 1 week ago
Thanks for killing over half of these songs, specifically, Angel in the Night, Always on my Mind, Canvas Bags, You're Beautiful, Hell; Even Birdplane didn't sound right. Dude, don't fuck with tempo, or keys of good songs to prove a point, yes some of these are rather similar, but only the Axis of Awesome did this correctly. All videos like this other than them, fuck it up. Don't mess with good music. Alot of these just sound wrong.
Fitz97forpresident 1 week ago
@Fitz97forpresident he didn't fuck with the keys just the pitch and tempo. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SOUND DIFFERENTLY... many bands ack in the 70s to 90s just sounded the same, this provides variety.
Godofire275 1 week ago
Just thought of another one. Marry me by Train!
afshafer 1 week ago
Never knew Rihanna was a guy...
Flight9828P 1 week ago
Awesome job, having the actual singers is such a treat. Why do people who think they know more have to be mean. This is the sad part of Youtube comments. Thanks for sharing your work.
lakenewell 2 weeks ago
'Let it be' has more than 4 chords idiot!
ilovemusic555 2 weeks ago
@ilovemusic555 So do a lot of these songs. But every single song here highlights this chord progression heavily. Some do it in the verse, others in the chorus or bridge. Admittedly some of them use only these four chords.The progression is there though. . Can't hide it in any of them. And I don't know why everyone thinks that is so bad?
gurglefrog01 2 weeks ago
Effort? hahahahaha
jwagner9701 2 weeks ago
For those musicians among us, thank you for making them all sound like they are in the same key.
sdbielz 3 weeks ago 27
Stupid Songwriters, Its like the same song over and over again
Music Industry Sucks!!!!
Schmalzgau 3 weeks ago 2
@Schmalzgau so every musician should use different chords? Way too limit creativity :D Thing is, 4 chord is common AND popular because it is the easiest to work with in terms of effort + results. Not to mention acoustic guitar is 4 chords as a basic design. So early years for guitarists usually involve using only those basic 4 chords for lessons.
WhiteTiger225 3 weeks ago
Or for guitarists
G, D, Em, C
Alucardracula13 3 weeks ago 3
@Alucardracula13 not always. depends on what key
justinssite 3 weeks ago
hahahaha the rhinannon shit lmao
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YoyoMarraz 1 month ago
who ever made this video.. maybe you could make another video all with songs that use i VI VII (in minor) this progression is slightly less overused but still theres enough songs that use this. for example kryptonite - 3 door down ... this song uses this scheme throughout the whole song..
benniebees 1 month ago
"Oh pachelbel i c ur ass in hell!!!!" from Pachelbel Rant must see!!!
sunnyandy60 1 month ago
you could fit 200 popular songs to this chord sequence with ease!
elcamo1990 1 month ago
Unsure why people would dislike this? "MY FAVORITE BAND USES THOSE CHORDS!" ok?
voguevixen 1 month ago
Effort
tcmooreuk 1 month ago
@DCUptoejuice I don't think "Puff" is exactly the same progression-wise. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
alika207 1 month ago
Great Job!!!! Awesome, and kudos for adjusting the pitch. Thumbs up.
AnderDoUrden 1 month ago 2
i like how you slowed and sped them up so people could identify the sound easier. I have showed alot of people and they think im nuts lol
SuperReptus 1 month ago
it's s shit
szili101 1 month ago
@szili101 No. it's true, the video is perfectly done and there's nothing wrong with it. I don't understand the "dislikes. Wake up people, what's the point in denying it. Music is like math, you can't fight that.... (can't stand the haters).
AnderDoUrden 1 month ago
I love how you mixed them like this so it wouldn't sound awful...you made it sound way worse than it would have had you mixed them naturally. Most mixes don't consist solely of songs with the same key and tempo.
LordRedVII 1 month ago
that's bad
felixguitar95 1 month ago
Dude, Respect for all the work you put in this, it doesn´t sound that good, but it fits!
germany91 2 months ago
I'm go write a song...
chasmorox 2 months ago
and Green Day - When I Come Around ?
UNDchannel 2 months ago
It's NOT Pachelbel. I V vi IV is NOT the same as I V vi iii IV I IV V
Wattsini1 2 months ago 23
@Wattsini1 THANK YOU BASED WATTSINI.
TheLivingSeven 1 month ago
@Wattsini1 Ascending 5ths progression!
icehawk1223 1 week ago
@Wattsini1 yes but its all relatively close to the same 1-4-5 that we all know and love
nextalexklein 6 days ago
I V vi IV : It's like an epic journey that never ends, and every song with this progression is a bard's tale of this ancient epic. It's hypnotic!
Recycled 2 months ago
@Recycled Hey! That's a nice way of looking at it, I love it!
smashc0m 2 months ago
It felt like you were just ruining all these 65 songs by putting 4 chords in the background...
Felininino 2 months ago
I for one am sick to death of hearing I V vi IV, don't care what key.
fretjamdotcom 2 months ago
i liked it, u tried to keep the tempo consistent. nice job
EpicTrollQueen 2 months ago
Why does rihanna sound like a black person???
ben2nd 2 months ago
@ben2nd I think because they transposed it. Or simpler: they pitched it downl - as far as I can tell, the actual songs are higher in tone, or lower, faster or slower.
KneckChop 2 months ago
To be honest, half of those were transposed into a certain key. Obviously yeah I'm guessing they're something like a rotation around a 1-4-5 chord progression within a certain key...but you can't label them '4 chords-65 songs' because they're not the same chords even though they've been transposed into another key. (I'm 14, don't have a go at me...)
HannahGrahamOfficial 2 months ago
@HannahGrahamOfficial It's still the same progression, even if they're not all in the same key.
ShadowEl 2 months ago
@ShadowEl Yeah, but then the title should be something to do with a 4 chord progression...not just 4 chords...
HannahGrahamOfficial 2 months ago
That's why anything that plays on the radio is NOT musical ability.
sosaythemonter 2 months ago
@sosaythemonter why is not? because of a very common chord progression? Sorry if this comes off as rude, but you do know that there are tons and tons of songs that share the same chord progression. You just seem to want to have something to say about "the mainstream."
mistaTHIRTEEN 2 months ago
This is a fairly common chord progression, anyway, I'm not seeing the big deal...? Don't get me wrong I like the vid and all, but it goes to show why I like music with a bit less predictable chords.
HoshigakiKaena 2 months ago
Big wtf at 3:21.
Madbastard666 2 months ago
I noticed something, you pitch changed for the sake of avoiding copy-right stuff, yes?
117pyromaniac 2 months ago
@117pyromaniac it's easier to compare chords
slateflash 2 months ago
@117pyromaniac no, thats because he tries to keep all of the songs at one speed and key
D4rKmo0n 2 months ago
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117pyromaniac 2 months ago
I love this song :)
blacky2395 2 months ago
LOL good job, jaja, buen laburo
SuperJorgegaleano 2 months ago
whats your point man
thisisacunt 2 months ago
they all look giulty
thisisacunt 2 months ago
im voting for harry. this SUUUUUUCKED!!! I don´t wanna sound stereotype, but axis is much better :)
theMRprinsess 3 months ago
NO VOICE ?!?!?
TheGameStadion 3 months ago
what's upp with the fucked up man voice when Rihanna and some other people sings?
XtremeGuy34 3 months ago
@XtremeGuy34 its because they used an autotuner to change the pitch/key of the song to fit the chords
vadiology 3 months ago
@XtremeGuy34 he of course had to adjust the tonality
florianwicher 3 months ago
wow.
Dudley421 3 months ago
"getting into playing music" ...sorry for the typo!
MandoMarkinIndy 3 months ago
Find your instrument...learn four chords...begin your own outpouring of musical emotion...these guys did and it's working for them! This is a great teaching aid for anyone getting playing music...well done!
MandoMarkinIndy 3 months ago
what's with the odd voices?
legovoiceactor 3 months ago
@legovoiceactor practically, the chords aren't the same at all, it has to do something with ranges between the hieght and sound of the chords which is standard.
c0rnelisg 3 months ago
You forgot Still Alive from Portal! xD
YamiNoBahamut 3 months ago
you left out puff the magic dragon
DCUPtoejuice 3 months ago
03:13 Crab Man?
05ywjc80 3 months ago
TRIPPY
60708 3 months ago
I think poker face by lady gaga fits into this.
jachinmee 3 months ago
Whoo! Pachabell!
amras0000 3 months ago
'Thing that should not be' doesn't even have a chord progression, really.....idk why that's in there.
1201zj 3 months ago
why don't you actually perform them rather than making 65 tracks sound fucking awful!!!
omardude39 3 months ago
@omardude39
To be fair, at least half of those tracks ARE awful to being with.
bohallor 3 months ago
Mika - Happy Ending. ♥
megagiu18 3 months ago
africa toto
tomdonnan1 3 months ago
"No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley.
monsedrummy 3 months ago
Try this
alregsei 3 months ago
Try some of the Nickelback songs: Someday,Far Away,Never gonna be alone,Gotta be somebody..
SeanCannonFan1 3 months ago
The first song I thought of was "Let It Be", which was also one of the oldest songs in the video.
It looks like you can blame yet another popular modern musical convention on the Beatles.
AmalgamOfMeat 3 months ago
why so many dislikes?
xxxbongosxxx 4 months ago
fyi 'With You' by Chris Brown seems like it would also apply, if you ever repost.
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i laughed at 8:00 lol
RonaLF28sl 4 months ago
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And people say we'll eventually run out of music. This is proof that that will never happen.
Commodore93 4 months ago
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Commodore93 4 months ago
anyone notice that Office Theme Song has the same chords???
WalrusMuffins10797 4 months ago
the thumb bar looks like when harry and voldemort'spells were fighting in the graveyard of the "goblet of fire"...and voldemort is winning by a little!
GeorgeGuitarCovers 4 months ago 90
@GeorgeGuitarCovers <------
SUPER NERD ALERT
ONEpocketKID21 3 months ago
It's called key lock... :-(
Recycled 4 months ago
Can anyone please make a list of great songs which don't use Pachelbel's chords?
plutoniumseller 4 months ago
@plutoniumseller SO IT'S HIS FAULT!
DAMN YOU PACHELBEL!!!
bogdan1231 4 months ago
@plutoniumseller SO IT'S HIS FAULT!
DAMN YOU PACHELBEL!!!
bogdan1231 4 months ago
Rap songs don't count. Every already knew that there isn't any creativity in that genre. It wouldn't even exist if it couldn't steal beats from actual music
DonnyBaker45 4 months ago
@DonnyBaker45 Yeah, rap sucks! It shouldn't even count as a music genre because in rap, there are no "real" instruments. They only play turntables, which don't count as instruments. Turntables should only be used for playing vinyl records. Rappers would say, "you can't do this with real instruments. Watch!" I would be like, "I don't fucking care. Can you play chords on that piece of shit like a guitar and piano? Of course not." If someone read this and tells me to STFU, Your mom is a big fat ho.
68corvette08 4 months ago
@68corvette08 ?v=A4tEu2JZ3E4. rap played with real instruments.
knasbollennummerett 4 months ago
@68corvette08 This is not completely true. Some of them do use real instruments. Like Dr. Dre, which means the acts he produces as well and there are some really big names in that bunch.
soulcrusher807 1 month ago
The song by Elton John was magical.
QuakeMasterOfTheSoul 4 months ago
Pfftt!!! you just changed the key in half of them!!! haha dont quit your day job....unless of course it involves remixing songs.....in that case, quit your job
AmyLouiseMusica 4 months ago
@AmyLouiseMusica actual no! he just change the dynamic or Speed if you want so. If you listen detailled you will here that the chords were always the same one ;-)
ansgar182 4 months ago
@ansgar182 excuse me, but i think i know what i'm talking about. He changed the key of the songs to fit...yes he slowed down/sped them up, but he DOES change the key in the songs. Unfortunatly not for the better. Get your musical hearing checked!
AmyLouiseMusica 3 months ago
and i hope you know i ment he was changing each individual songs key, and not the overall mash up!
Therefore making each individual song sound like shit
AmyLouiseMusica 3 months ago
1-5-6-4?
Splurgendii 4 months ago
You forgot Fuzzy Blue Lights by Owl City.
RafaellaRPL 4 months ago
С, G, Am, F!
DoktorAzik 4 months ago
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A girl died in 1933 by a homicidal murderer. He buried her in the ground when she was still alive. The murdered chanted, "Toma sota balcu" as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
tingyuyan12 4 months ago
This video is a hot mess of editing. I'm sure I could make all kinds of songs sound the same with enough tweaking. FAIL!
Morbid6sic6 4 months ago
I'm suprised I didn't see Queens of the Stoneage on this list with 'I Never Came'
ravagefox 4 months ago
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yh9713 4 months ago
They ARE the same chord progressions, except in different keys for each song. So for those criticizing the chords because they change keys with each new song, think again.
th415263 4 months ago
Nobody's ever heard of Josh and the Dream Killer [sic], and there's a reason for it. Here's a new game, viewers, which mob are the biggest douches in this video? James Blunt and U2 are given as free...
sugarydonkey 4 months ago
4:20 pretty big guy.
Sonofanoob 4 months ago
i think if you were going to do a video like this at all, you should'nt have messed with the actual recordings of the music, 80 % of these songs sound nothing like the originals because you messed with the tempo and altered the vocals. How are we supposed to get any sense of the "Four chord" progresiion if we are too distracted with the synthesized voices and tampered tempo's?
2121AMS 4 months ago
Theres like 5 blink songs that have that structure lol
sleepwithoneyeop3n 4 months ago
It's not the same chords because you slowed some down but it is the same chord progression
dakotamanomgwtf 4 months ago
@dakotamanomgwtf It's the same chords, different tempo. SAME CHORDS. Understand?
sugarydonkey 4 months ago
@sugarydonkey Not same chords, when you slow it down it changes the key by a semitone usually and so in the normal song it isn't the same chord.
dakotamanomgwtf 4 months ago
lets call it the axis of douchebag cuz every single one of these songs sucks/
pippigladstone 4 months ago
this is a hot mess!
BlueMags1 4 months ago
Formerly performed by Axis of Awesome
jwateska736 4 months ago
is a shit!!! do something else, i don't now... go to work!
danielblotu 4 months ago
Form, arrangement, sense of climax, melody, great use of harmony, these are all things more important than your choice of chord. Listen to the video response Corner of Twain and Wynn. It is the song this video seems to be based upon. That song is astounding. It uses the 4 chords, but for but a moment and moves into chords not even within the key. Whoever wrote this was very clever. The words, the arc, the form, all make this a great song for sure. Check it out if you don't believe me!
Elroy1756 4 months ago
Look there are 12 individual tones. A semitone is a measurement from one tone to the next and in western music is the smallest increment between tones. As I read through a lot of these comments many are arrogant and silly. All music uses this progression, and a lot. Jazz, classical, rock, pop, rag time, you name it, this is bound to be found. Great song writing isn't about the chords you use, but how you use them.
Elroy1756 4 months ago
bella li da silvino
vadoalfamedio 5 months ago
forgot When I Come Around by Green Day, :)
uareSQuare 5 months ago
Forgot Poker Face. :P
wtb1000 5 months ago
there are only 7 notes. get over it.
LLlap 5 months ago
@LLlap You mean there are 12 notes.
Amadeus5150 5 months ago
@Amadeus5150 did you mean there are only 12 semitones?
LLlap 5 months ago
I think that Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet" deserves a pass here because they have a lot more going on in that song than just the same four chords repeating over and over again for the entire song, which is the case for MANY of these songs. It just goes to show that you can use this chord progression in a song, but you have to do it sparingly and keep it interesting!!
triplej057 5 months ago
he took the same chord progression songs and put it all in the same key. that's why it's slow and fast
Aaliyahmarie2 5 months ago
ok dude, half the songs are double their speed and the other half, why?? i think you oughta keep the original tempo, otherwise its just a mess..
potuuza 5 months ago
I shat bricks with the the down/ up tuning and resultant key changes that the various songs had. well done
davidleeroz 5 months ago
I didn't know rihanna sounded like that AHAHAHAHA
khooby922 5 months ago
one day by matisyahu also!
haleych 5 months ago
only gay eskimo hahaha i love that song XD
haleych 5 months ago
The music 'industry' is no more so than now. Factory-manufactured and pumped out to meet demand. Nothing special. Obvious transposition to make the point more evident, but point well taken. Cheers to assembly line music 8-)
PuckRocker43 5 months ago
why are there so many dislikes
619ck154 5 months ago
@619ck154 there are so many dislikes because people got butthurt when they realized that the song they thought was so creative was really just more 4-chord shit
jedimouse 5 months ago
Dont mean to start a flame war, but isnt wagon wheel a bob dylan song?
bbbz0rrn 5 months ago
@bbbz0rrn Wagon Wheel is a song originally sketched by Bob Dylan and later completed by Old Crow Medicine Show
MegaBumblebee666 5 months ago
Great job, man!!
OMBROU 5 months ago
putting in axis of awesome? their song birdplane is a joke of the 4 chord structure and not needed in this
Kelnar7 5 months ago
Wow, a whole bunch of songs I have never heard of.
LOLukeJamieson 5 months ago
classical music doesn't follow these rules. FUCK YEAH CLASSICAL!
AndresMarroquinDude 5 months ago 73
@AndresMarroquinDude Nah, it has its own crazy ass list, one per era! =P
mewtwo711 4 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude Progressive rock also doesn't
gogolplex74 4 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude It can do, but doesn't have to, it's the same as metal, rock, pop, etc. Because Rock and Pop are more popular, less good songs come to the forefront more often. Since classical music, metal, etc. tends only to draw people who genuinely enjoy the music, the pool from which musicians are drawn is smaller yet much more densely packed with people who genuinely love the music.
HaniiPuppy 3 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude Prog music would like to have a word with you good sir.
Nubnut 3 months ago
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Let's listen to Yes or Rush and see if they have any songs that would fit into this format. My guess is no.
bohallor 3 months ago
@bohallor I was thinking more along the lines of modern prog like Opeth's Famine, but alright haha.
Nubnut 3 months ago
@Nubnut
Oh, haha, I haven't heard of them. If you haven't listened to Yes, listen to the album "Close To The Edge." The title track is 18 minutes and written in four movements, and the lyrics to the entire album are based on the Hindu/Buddhist text of the novel "Siddhartha." On a genius scale, it pretty much slaughters 99.99% of anything that's ever happened.
bohallor 3 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude That awkward moment when you realize that this chord progression was popularized by Pachelbel's Canon in D
xXyZaThEx 3 months ago 28
@xXyZaThEx nonsense. Pachelbel's Canon is a circle of fifths, so it doesn't pass from the vi to the IV, first of all. Secondly, Pachelbel didn't compose that, it was an established progression, much like the one in the video, that everyone played around with in a very restrictive time for music.
Sveccha93 3 months ago
@Sveccha93 If you read really carefully you'll notice I said "popularized."
xXyZaThEx 3 months ago
@xXyZaThEx Yes, you did. But that's irrelevant as the chord progressions are still not the same. But since the piece only became popular in the 20th century, I suppose you *could* argue that the initial sequence of I-V-vi had some effect on the popularity of of the I-V-vi-IV, but to me it's just a mixed up doo-wop progression. I think it's a coincidence.
Sveccha93 2 months ago
@Sveccha93 It's still relevant to "Pachelbel didn't compose that." Either way, the progressions sound very similar to each other, and the popularity of the two are probably related on some level.
xXyZaThEx 2 months ago
@xXyZaThEx the canons scheme is different though it is I V vi iii IV I IV V
benniebees 1 month ago
@AndresMarroquinDude well actually.. bach did... but he also invented those rules ;)
Sanitoeter666 3 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude what are you talking about? in classical music you got the same I. IV. V.
Psilosoph 3 months ago
@AndresMarroquinDude Yes it does... Pachelbel did it in the late 1700s
Moroni1984 3 months ago 22
@Moroni1984 dumbass? pachelbel wrote that in early
1700's
ChaozMKW 2 months ago
@ChaozMKW After some brief lookup, we are both wrong, it was the late 1600s. Pachelbel died in 1706. I apologize if my mistake offended you.
Moroni1984 2 months ago
@Moroni1984 Pachabel was the late 17th century (1600's) actually. Rob Paravonian got the wrong century (in the heat of the punchline, I'm sure). It's such a simple and adaptable progression that it equals instant hit! I've even heard it in video games.
monkeeshrines 1 month ago
i tried to make my own list of standard chord progressions (feat. I-V-VI-IV and VI-IV-I-V). i eventually stopped, but i reached 110 songs! !11O SONGS!
and there are even much more of em
rdezoveelste 5 months ago
4:22 is it Zordon with ukulele? ;d
dahellish 5 months ago
This chord progression drives me INSANE. I'm a songwriter and I refuse to ever write a song with the pop-punk melody.
bloogunproductions 5 months ago
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@bloogunproductions AMEN
AMEN TO THAT. im a 16 year old boy and i got exactly the same opninion.
rdezoveelste 5 months ago
For all of those retards commenting on the pitch, HE TRANSPOSED SOME OF THEM. READ THE DESCRIPTION.
Deadpeople37 5 months ago
who fucked the pitch in the songs? :@
wildchildyasin 5 months ago
all the musicians displayed in this segmnt are dixx! BREAKCORE 4 LIFE! RAPE MUSIK DESTROY FANTASY!
BOOTLEGPIRATEVIDEO 5 months ago
This is why I started to listen some classical stuff... Way more interesting!
juda67000 5 months ago
there are numerous songs i thing :) in these 4 chords
echoniatact 5 months ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA. <- Reaction to Take a Bow in this video...
tylersurfer18 5 months ago
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@tylersurfer18 was just gonna say Rihanna was sounding epic!
HenryTheGuitarist 5 months ago
basically just Axis of Awesome, but not so well known songs... so