@ECHOES2131 Allow some artistic license with the title. I wasn't saying all music is the same, I was saying that the vast majority of "music" out there is lazily made. The other 10% is amazing.
nice video dude, I also noticed that 4 chord patters. Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say + Taylor Swift - Love Story + blink 182 - Carousel + Bayside - On Love On Life uses D-A-Bm-G- pattern. And there are millions of songs with those patterns.
@cheesecakemousetrap Yeah I noticed properly trained musicians tend to quote flat rather than sharp. I have a weird habit. I'll say Eb and Bb, but F#, C# and G#.
Ha yeah I remember when my first band at 13 discovered how popular this kind of progression is, I think we called it the 8,3,5,1 riff (meaning tabs for power chords, being 13 year old noobs). Safe to say now I completely avoid going near this.
I don't know anything about music, but I would like to say cool! It doesn't matter how original the thought behind the video was, it was still interesting.
Guys, come on, you play an instrument? Piano maybe?
If you play piano, try how much of these twelve little notes on each octave sounds great with another one. Believe me, on each note you wil, find three others, so with FOUR chords and TWELVE notes (little maths task) you get: three notes on each chord. No big thing if you have even a little knowledge of music. Think of it.
@asasasarap Broseph, several of these songs are album tracks from relatively unknown albums and artists. Some of these songs are brilliant. But yes, some of them are shitty one hit wonders.
@asasasarap cant really say that theyre shitty. clearly you dont know what a 1 4 5 progression is. its what almost EVERY blues song hendrix, zeppelin wrote... Elvis, the beatles.. so youre comment makes you a shitty no talent moron. learn your chromatic scales then come back with your musical opinion
@thebadjay 1,4,5 are the spaces from the root note of a scale that as chord root notes create 3 basic triads.I dont see that as a big deal and I don't like boring conventional progressions.If you like them that's your problem.Not mine.
@thebadjay And since you know some things about music can you tell me the spaces that create a Dmaj11 chord and which notes are essential in it and which can be ommited?
Without wanting to sound like a 'music snob' this sort of 'revelation' is irritating. It's not far removed from saying 'hey look - every pop song ever written use the same 12 notes!' - As somebody wisely pointed out the 12 bar blues is a chord sequence used as the basis for pretty much an entire musical genre. I play the same instrument as a concert pianist but that doesn't make our performances the same...
you guys are talking shit about the video. Music is feeling. Chords are the main force behind the feeling in the song. Chords and Harmonies. If you can't feel the diference between feelings in music, you don't understand it. Just listen Rihanna...it's all the same shit...Bieber the same, Gaga the same, Katy Perry the same, Black Eyed Peas the same....Sia Furler not the same, The Neptunes productions not the same, old Kelis not the same, The Clipse not the same, JAZZ, BOSSA NOVA, not the same
ive been sayin this for years.....its funny that u kids think this is new...go way back and listen to the blues (stuff you kids never listened to). it starts way before the stuff you're playin and listening to. everything started along time before jimmy eat world and goo goo dolls etc.
ive been sayin this for years.....its funny that u kids think this is new...go way back and listen to the blues (stuff you kids never listened to). it starts way before the stuff you're playin and listening to. everything started along time before jimmy eat world and etc.
It shows how boring pop music is today, so its still relevant. Don't be embarrassed just because some old timers are having their midlife crisis. Keep rockin dude.
@vaendryl It's a cyclic chord sequence that goes I-V-VI-III before continuing further. The backbone of that sequence DOES form the sequence I-V-VI-IV however I-V-VI-IV is a closed sequence that ends after the fourth chord, whereas pachabel's canon does not end on the fourth chord. Hope this makes sense to your pea-sized brain.
@poopydork yeap...even classical music. That's why behind all that genius music some of the theory partially sucks. And that's why Chopin and Jazz fucking rules...
Oh? You want complexity, do you? Try jazz. Or better yet, check out Schoenberg!
But all of the song here are popular. Why? Why, friend, you see, though the harmony is based on the same chord progression, the artists still have many musically expressive tools: Melody, Timbre, Dynamics, and above all Rhythm
@TheThinkerMusic The only reason why people like this type of chords and songs it's because they play 40 times a day on MTV and 100 times on the radio. Because, this progression is cheesy....the rest of the music may sound diferent, but it feels the same. You don't need to hear more than 10 seconds of a song to know if it's feel the same or not. Everytime I listen to Rihanna singing, and the chords :S
I know this is late man,but good job! Goes-2-sho most ppl have no real talent. Look at the hip-hop music today, it all sounds alike! Disney rap mixed-in corney repetitive beats with sum chick mixing r@b vocals on-top of dance music,with lyrics about empty subject matter.
It clearly isn't a big deal at all, barely even worth mentioning, as the songs are vastly different. MASSIVELY different. Besides, the chord sequence only fits nicely around the songs, it's not as if they're repeating the same damn notes over and over again.
Within this progression, you can construct immensely different songs. Hence why it's used so much, hence why 99.9% of people don't even notice it, and need to be told.
This is a very common progression. Just using 4 chords does not constitute plagiarism. Otherwise, there would millions of lawsuits. However, here's an earlier song for you... Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrc Skynyrd. and they weren't the first. Another is Hurts So Good by John (Cougar) Mellencamp.
@brianhazelwood ITS CALLED NO TALENT!! people using the same CHORD to CREATE A SONG IS LIKE A CHEAT SHEET!! HOW MANY SOUL SINGERS FROM THE 70 AND 60'S USING THAT!! its a fact THE MAJORITY OF MAIN STREAM MUSIC IS THE SAME REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER!! AND ITS GARBAGE!
@PharaohII Clearly it's you who fails. You obviously don't understand this at all. All of these songs sound completely different, and this video proves it - they don't sound anything like these chords.
Look at the rubbish you posted. Now THAT'S a fail.
dude theres only 12 notes! and then theres generally only 8 that make up a key signature! theres definitely going to be some reusing of backing chord sequences but they wont be EXACTLY the same. plus music isnt just background chords, theres tempo, groove, individual melodies, that type of stuff... its still quite interesting though
@jacobi2393 with 12 notes you can do a lot of things. If you can't feel more than 2 or 3 chord progressions it's your problem. The feeling is in the harmony and chords. Try to find 3 chords in one key....and then 4th chord in another key for example....it will sound diferent and not cheesy. Bossa Nova never stays in the same key...and that's why it almost cause me heart failure. This songs right here, don't feel like nothing new.
for one u forgot the bass fills for 100 stories by a3 and and everything by blink uses those same chords in like every song and most punk bands do anyways
Rock like any other kind of music has a vocabulary,go to a Bluegrass festival and hear them play basicly the same song over and over again with different words,same for country,Blues or anything else...expecting infinite variety in music within the context of a certain style is futile.
I think you did a really good job on this and I also think it's really nice of you to help people who are unexperienced and want to learn more stuff like this :) So thanks!
music isn't about playing chords though, a computer can do that. It's about rhythm, style and feeling. It's about expression. I don't get that upset if a song sounds strangely familiar. I only get pissed off when it sounds generic but terrible and everyone seems to like it.
damn, i never realized how many bands were that unoriginal. really makes you think and reconsider who your favorite bands are. thats why, like that one guy said, im sticking with Radiohead and progressive rock and a select 60s and 70s bands.
@dbfi01 well, at ;least in america theres no note as B# or H# sharp. here we go C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. so maybe there could be some difference there.
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dbfi01 is a fucking idiot, ignore him. he left about 20 comments on this video so i deleted and blocked him, he's obviously looking for a fight and he's not getting one here.
that's the major notes, yeah, there are also minor notes, which include C#, D#, F#, and A#, so you are correct in saying there are no B# or H#, and in fact not H at all,
That's why I love bands like Radiohead and Muse. They simply ignore those mainstream chords. And there is no song that sound like another one, I mean THIS makes a good band.
I just think it needs alot more musical experience to write a song without those chord sequences. And it's boring when you always play the same thing..
@ClickOnPez are YOU retarded?? for one you can't even SPELL the word retarded. why do you have a problem with what he is saying? he makes a good point.
I didnt know u were a member of the grammar police?? ur puny brain cells sure didnt seem to lack the understanding of the word "retarted" So congratulate yourself, knowing u can spell it correctly!!! But btw, u clearly dont have a proffesianl angle on music, if u ever played an instrument u would know how chords sequences go, and that if u know 4 guitar chords u can play almost a million songs that sounds like there are "stolen" so get lost noob
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calling someone retarted IS retarded, hence how i pointed it out. it's like calling someone stoopid, if you can't even spell the word you're saying do NOT insult someone else's intelligence.
also I KNOW it's simple and basic but the point is most pop songs bash these chords together, put a simple melody with lots of 3rds and 5ths in and call it a song.
make lots of money off hardly any work or understanding of music.
plus i posted this video like 2 years ago. i WAS shit back then. jackass.
@dbfi01: There's a couple things I'm gonna go ahead and point out here. Number one, grammar is not the same as spelling ,but evidently you can't get either one correct. Number two, writing a long comment doesn't make you look smart if it's full of fail. Number three, do you even know what the hell you're talking about?
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youre cute! and yes, all songs have the same chordprogression, but it's hard to write a song that follows the "OK" harmonies, not using the devils chords and whatnot. And this works, and for some reason it sounds different even if youve heard it a million times.
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wow this is a really fucking stupid discussion. i bet most of the dumb comments are from guitar players(they're usually the dumb ones). try listening to something not written by teenagers with highlights and hair gel and you might hear some more chords.
Apart the jazz music which is by far more complex, this and other easy sequences work and are recognised as "beauty songs" by many casual listener (i.e not musically trained musician) because once the ear is get acquainted to a chord sequence and got the feeling of each chord function, when approaching a different song it find chord movement analogy and recall past "well being" experiences and so there is an underneath sense of "oh that's righ way to move chords" (part4)
I've tried a hundred times to explain to people that they've dug a tonal pit into their brain, whereby all they like is what they've learned to comprehend.
I can play all kinds of exploratory stuff for them and they kind of turn their lips as if to say that it's "weird". BUT HEY! Just trot on the good old I V vi IV. Wala! IT could be any-fucking-thing. Slap a tonal melody on 4/4 with even bars and that's "right". That's music. Either it sickens or saddens me. Can't decide.
Then there is the Amen cadence .. i.e the 4 degree resolving to the 1st degree. This sequence in cyclic and you can turn around forever in the key of D. Problems arise when you want to smoothly modulate in some other key. however this and many other harmony theory related stuff can be easily found in any Jazz Harmony theory books. (part3 3)
The resolution should be the 1 of the scale giving to the listener a sense of completion or the 6 degree (sometime called false cadence) giving the listener a sense of surprise and of waiting for something to happen more. In this case after the 6 degree there is a resolution to the 4 degree of the scale and this is a perfect cadence (the 4 degree has a role of root sostitution for the key and give to the listener a sense of well beeing in the tonal center of the key) (part 2)
You discovered what is called "A turnarond" i.e a sequence of chords based on the underneath scale over specific scale degree. i'll explain this with the example given. In the songs in the key of D the note scales are [D E F# G A B C# ] and the bass sequence you play is D A B G D which are the 1 5 6 4 1
This is a very basic sequence. The 5 grade is called dominant, and the dominan force the ear to wait for a resolution. (part1)
hes talk about a chord progression.. 1-5-6-4.. means the 1st note of whatever your scale your using then the 5th note,,6th note and 4th note.. then repeat the same notes and thats a chord progression.. another common one in rock music a 1,4,5 progression.. take the key C Major... it would be C,F,G, understand??? progressions are easier then stating the chords used and then also typing what key the song is in and also using which scales..because modal scales can affect your key of a song
Good job with the video and it's basic premise. Maybe this is why we see so many comments on youtube like "music sucks nowadays, it all sounds the same" which you just proved is true. Now maybe some more people can get real and get out of this little box. I, for one, am also sick to death of all the whining by the male singers.... puhleeze guys, get some balls. Emo is dead, thank goodness.
Axis of Awesome didn't come up with this chord sequence. Nor did they notice how it was in loads of songs first. This chord sequence and the musical acknowledgement of it has been around since pop music began. get a grip.
Not only does "Dammit" have that progression but the song "Another Girl Another Planet" by the Only Ones also does. Blink covered that song and have said in interviews that they loved the Only Ones as teenagers. No need to guess where they got the progression from then.
they're used in everything because they're route notes...you can incorporate them into pretty much every chord progression whether they use it or not...its not because everyone conforms to this 'magical' chord progression...its because they have no choice..it isn't really a big deal
yeah but all these songs use something called a Punk T. In the key of D the notes would be D (5th fret A string), A (5th fret E string), B (7th fret E string), and G (3rd fret E string). It forms a sorta T shape on the guitar/bass fretboard. Research it, alot of punk bands use it, especially blink-182. Cheers ;)
Ha...you mean like Dammit and What's My Age Again...just to name 2 off the top of my head? The punk T and the Rock L (F, C, D, Bb)...the staples of all things rock! haha!
Plus...I notice you only pick and choose certain parts of songs...and it's just the bass lines dude. The melody of any of those songs could be using an D7, a Dm, or any kind of chords in that same progression. Good observations, but just oversimplified a bit.
it's cos i only had a bass at this point in time so could not show you the progression on guitar, which would have been better. key counts for nothing, if you stole someone's song almost identical but changed the key you would still get sued.
and i have yet to come across a major chord progession using a minor root chord...
There's a song called Four Chord Wonder, by The Atari's....couldn't find it on here, but here's a link for the lyrics. Says the same thing...it's pretty funny. The other progression used is the "Glycerine" riff...F, C, D, Bb...G, D, E, C...etc...
it's not theft. nobody stole this from anybody, because nobody really used it first. it's just laziness. write some dead simply lyrics, lay down these chords, sing the lyrics in a simple melody that fits the chords, and back with basic instrumentation, and there you have it, one chart-topping hit for no effort, creativity, or talent.
flip the chords around, first 2 last and last 2 first, you'll find another list of hacky hits almost as long.
I think it's called a punk/pop progression. So yes, it's used a lot...but those songs all had different tempos and some were in different keys. You know that almost all blues/rock songs have the same type of riff/progression too, right?!
look i know your comment is gonna get LOADS of thumbs up cos you're right. But you need to consider that i was half asleep while making this and it got so monotonous at points that i stopped concentrating completely and although i managed to fuck up at playing the easiest thing possible at places... i still couldn't be arsed refilming.
this video was to demonstrate the lack of originality in music, not to demonstrate my skill. please watch one of my bass covers before commenting on my skill.
bass O_O <3
aylaisafox 3 months ago
Imagine saying that to frank zappa. "Le herp, hey frank it's like, man, every song has the same chord sequence"
ECHOES2131 3 months ago
@ECHOES2131 Allow some artistic license with the title. I wasn't saying all music is the same, I was saying that the vast majority of "music" out there is lazily made. The other 10% is amazing.
spiffcorgi 3 months ago
nice video dude, I also noticed that 4 chord patters. Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say + Taylor Swift - Love Story + blink 182 - Carousel + Bayside - On Love On Life uses D-A-Bm-G- pattern. And there are millions of songs with those patterns.
jeremyunderground41 4 months ago
God damn it, I lost the game.
emergencyurgently 5 months ago
@emergencyurgently You've just lost again.
McSuperfly101 5 months ago
theres alot more to a song and band then a chord progression
jomasterjoe 6 months ago
Identifying songs as D# and G# instead of Eb and Ab-while not technically incorrect-is very de clase.
cheesecakemousetrap 6 months ago 3
@cheesecakemousetrap Yeah I noticed properly trained musicians tend to quote flat rather than sharp. I have a weird habit. I'll say Eb and Bb, but F#, C# and G#.
spiffcorgi 6 months ago 3
@cheesecakemousetrap And do you use that rule with the G flat minor scale and have double flats?....ya didn't think so....
MrDoublespeak 4 months ago
Ha yeah I remember when my first band at 13 discovered how popular this kind of progression is, I think we called it the 8,3,5,1 riff (meaning tabs for power chords, being 13 year old noobs). Safe to say now I completely avoid going near this.
inmyazuredreams 6 months ago
I don't know anything about music, but I would like to say cool! It doesn't matter how original the thought behind the video was, it was still interesting.
OhMyGuam 7 months ago
Laughed all the way through... Music's biggest secret: I, V, VI, IV, FTW :P
Well done dude good ear
ashtombut 7 months ago
you did it man.
jamirosmajicrocks 9 months ago
banjo petterson
seel114 9 months ago
I would just like to state that these songs use the cello line from Pachelbel's Canon in D....That's why all the songs are in D
MsGlowgirl 9 months ago
>every song
egg1111115 9 months ago
Guys, come on, you play an instrument? Piano maybe?
If you play piano, try how much of these twelve little notes on each octave sounds great with another one. Believe me, on each note you wil, find three others, so with FOUR chords and TWELVE notes (little maths task) you get: three notes on each chord. No big thing if you have even a little knowledge of music. Think of it.
Quatschkopf42 10 months ago
is not difficult to do with the bass video after you've watched the axis of awesome...think about that , peace of cake.
VasilSlavchev 11 months ago
shitty hits from people with no talent
asasasarap 1 year ago 3
@asasasarap Broseph, several of these songs are album tracks from relatively unknown albums and artists. Some of these songs are brilliant. But yes, some of them are shitty one hit wonders.
spiffcorgi 11 months ago 6
@asasasarap you are calling U2 no talent, you fuck'd
P3MSify 11 months ago
@asasasarap you are calling U2 no talent, your fuck'd
P3MSify 11 months ago
@asasasarap cant really say that theyre shitty. clearly you dont know what a 1 4 5 progression is. its what almost EVERY blues song hendrix, zeppelin wrote... Elvis, the beatles.. so youre comment makes you a shitty no talent moron. learn your chromatic scales then come back with your musical opinion
thebadjay 9 months ago
@thebadjay 1,4,5 are the spaces from the root note of a scale that as chord root notes create 3 basic triads.I dont see that as a big deal and I don't like boring conventional progressions.If you like them that's your problem.Not mine.
asasasarap 9 months ago
@thebadjay And since you know some things about music can you tell me the spaces that create a Dmaj11 chord and which notes are essential in it and which can be ommited?
asasasarap 9 months ago
@thebadjay and In what position do we find a major11 chord in a mixolydian scale?
asasasarap 9 months ago
@asasasarap Dude shut the fuck up no one cares.
spiffcorgi 9 months ago
@spiffcorgi Some claim to do....so I ask them.
asasasarap 9 months ago
@thebadjay and what are the common notes with a Dsus4?
asasasarap 9 months ago
This chord sequence is very popular, but it's true that the I-V-IV might be more popular. Other popular sequences include;
I-VI-IV-V
I-II-I-II
I-IV-V (Louie Louie)
Mordain607 1 year ago
This chord sequence is very popular, but it's true that the I-V-IV might be more popular. Other popular sequences include;
I-VI-IV-V
I-II-I-II
I-IV-V (Louie Louie)
Mordain607 1 year ago
I think there is a Green Day song that sounds like that too.
shelly10538 1 year ago
Without wanting to sound like a 'music snob' this sort of 'revelation' is irritating. It's not far removed from saying 'hey look - every pop song ever written use the same 12 notes!' - As somebody wisely pointed out the 12 bar blues is a chord sequence used as the basis for pretty much an entire musical genre. I play the same instrument as a concert pianist but that doesn't make our performances the same...
hitsounds 1 year ago
you guys are talking shit about the video. Music is feeling. Chords are the main force behind the feeling in the song. Chords and Harmonies. If you can't feel the diference between feelings in music, you don't understand it. Just listen Rihanna...it's all the same shit...Bieber the same, Gaga the same, Katy Perry the same, Black Eyed Peas the same....Sia Furler not the same, The Neptunes productions not the same, old Kelis not the same, The Clipse not the same, JAZZ, BOSSA NOVA, not the same
VitorVitoriaBaia 1 year ago
When will they do a DCG chord song?
20YrBillionaire 1 year ago
Cannon in D... cough cough...
TheViolinist1001 1 year ago
There are literally hundreds and hundreds of songs that use this progression. I can't even begin to count how many I've heard.
OsosdeNoche 1 year ago
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ive been sayin this for years.....its funny that u kids think this is new...go way back and listen to the blues (stuff you kids never listened to). it starts way before the stuff you're playin and listening to. everything started along time before jimmy eat world and goo goo dolls etc.
poopydork 1 year ago
ive been sayin this for years.....its funny that u kids think this is new...go way back and listen to the blues (stuff you kids never listened to). it starts way before the stuff you're playin and listening to. everything started along time before jimmy eat world and etc.
poopydork 1 year ago
@poopydork stop being such a music snob. look how old this video is.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago 9
@spiffcorgi DAMN, 2 years ago is really fucking old (well I guess technically 3 now)
Shaggoth4 1 year ago
@Shaggoth4 Yeah I was about 15 when I posted this. Now I'm 18. A lot has changed.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago
@spiffcorgi
It shows how boring pop music is today, so its still relevant. Don't be embarrassed just because some old timers are having their midlife crisis. Keep rockin dude.
WMackbd 1 year ago
@Shaggoth4
listen the chords in pachebells canon. the first 4 are exactly these same ones and this is a song from like 300 years ago.
I don't care this vid was posted in 08, the point it's making is 300 years old lol
vaendryl 11 months ago 2
@vaendryl The first four chords are not the same, only the first 3. And you're an idiot.
spiffcorgi 11 months ago
@sniffcunti
nope, definitely all first 4 are exactly the same. and you're a moron. :)
vaendryl 11 months ago
@vaendryl It's a cyclic chord sequence that goes I-V-VI-III before continuing further. The backbone of that sequence DOES form the sequence I-V-VI-IV however I-V-VI-IV is a closed sequence that ends after the fourth chord, whereas pachabel's canon does not end on the fourth chord. Hope this makes sense to your pea-sized brain.
spiffcorgi 11 months ago
touche......good reply
poopydork 1 year ago
@poopydork yeap...even classical music. That's why behind all that genius music some of the theory partially sucks. And that's why Chopin and Jazz fucking rules...
VitorVitoriaBaia 1 year ago
@VitorVitoriaBaia i love this staement....chopins' raindrop prelude is epic........
and thte original louis armstrong songs....like mahogany hall stomp.... :0
xcjxmx 1 year ago
@poopydork stereotypical, hypocritical dumb ass i'm thirteen and i love the blues and listen to many songs from the past
NickoRules17 1 year ago
@NickoRules17 i'm stereotypical for a reason.....your one in a million!!!!
poopydork 11 months ago
@spiffcorgi
i think what sirius meant was that the interval of those that are minor
like a minor 2nd, or a minor 6th or such
i know that comment was forever ago but i felt like saying sumthing, and please correct me if i'm wrong anyone
hereawhile 1 year ago
It's so true. It's actually kind of funny in a way. And you're almost right on the progression; it's I, V, vi, IV. (1, 5, 6 minor, 4).
hjnd2396 1 year ago
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PWN3DbyOLI 1 year ago
you're cute
wronkaa 1 year ago
bad technique
you´ve got more than one finger :D
harmonyaffair 1 year ago
Oh? You want complexity, do you? Try jazz. Or better yet, check out Schoenberg!
But all of the song here are popular. Why? Why, friend, you see, though the harmony is based on the same chord progression, the artists still have many musically expressive tools: Melody, Timbre, Dynamics, and above all Rhythm
Unoriginality doesn't exist in music.
TheThinkerMusic 1 year ago
@TheThinkerMusic You're right. It exists in pop music.
rgmztxy 1 year ago
@TheThinkerMusic The only reason why people like this type of chords and songs it's because they play 40 times a day on MTV and 100 times on the radio. Because, this progression is cheesy....the rest of the music may sound diferent, but it feels the same. You don't need to hear more than 10 seconds of a song to know if it's feel the same or not. Everytime I listen to Rihanna singing, and the chords :S
VitorVitoriaBaia 1 year ago
I love this video cuz I only like two songs on that whole list. Run by Snow Patrol and Tattoo by Jordin Sparks.
And nice guitar playing! :)
scrainbow1234 1 year ago
I know this is late man,but good job! Goes-2-sho most ppl have no real talent. Look at the hip-hop music today, it all sounds alike! Disney rap mixed-in corney repetitive beats with sum chick mixing r@b vocals on-top of dance music,with lyrics about empty subject matter.
QYKLIM 1 year ago
@QYKLIM no, not all rap sounds the same. but i do agree that rap and R&B song mixed together needs to end.
SuperBlackChic 6 months ago
Wow !You have an absolute pitch!
Justindebsguy 1 year ago
cannon in D
GNRDuff 1 year ago
It clearly isn't a big deal at all, barely even worth mentioning, as the songs are vastly different. MASSIVELY different. Besides, the chord sequence only fits nicely around the songs, it's not as if they're repeating the same damn notes over and over again.
Within this progression, you can construct immensely different songs. Hence why it's used so much, hence why 99.9% of people don't even notice it, and need to be told.
DrunkNinja19 1 year ago
This is a very common progression. Just using 4 chords does not constitute plagiarism. Otherwise, there would millions of lawsuits. However, here's an earlier song for you... Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrc Skynyrd. and they weren't the first. Another is Hurts So Good by John (Cougar) Mellencamp.
brianhazelwood 1 year ago 2
@brianhazelwood ITS CALLED NO TALENT!! people using the same CHORD to CREATE A SONG IS LIKE A CHEAT SHEET!! HOW MANY SOUL SINGERS FROM THE 70 AND 60'S USING THAT!! its a fact THE MAJORITY OF MAIN STREAM MUSIC IS THE SAME REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER!! AND ITS GARBAGE!
PharaohII 1 year ago
How wrong. Fail.
DrunkNinja19 1 year ago
@DrunkNinja19 you must be one of those few people with an ear. =D you fail.
PharaohII 1 year ago
@PharaohII Clearly it's you who fails. You obviously don't understand this at all. All of these songs sound completely different, and this video proves it - they don't sound anything like these chords.
Look at the rubbish you posted. Now THAT'S a fail.
DrunkNinja19 1 year ago
@DrunkNinja19 In the end it's all the same if you don't have a trained ear for music or just really don't care at all.
rmwaha 1 year ago
@rmwaha Even with a trained ear, these songs are clearly very different...
DrunkNinja19 1 year ago
@PharaohII 4 real! No talent!
VitorVitoriaBaia 1 year ago
You do know that this sequence comes from classical (Canon in D)
DanM25456 1 year ago
dude theres only 12 notes! and then theres generally only 8 that make up a key signature! theres definitely going to be some reusing of backing chord sequences but they wont be EXACTLY the same. plus music isnt just background chords, theres tempo, groove, individual melodies, that type of stuff... its still quite interesting though
jacobi2393 1 year ago
@jacobi2393 with 12 notes you can do a lot of things. If you can't feel more than 2 or 3 chord progressions it's your problem. The feeling is in the harmony and chords. Try to find 3 chords in one key....and then 4th chord in another key for example....it will sound diferent and not cheesy. Bossa Nova never stays in the same key...and that's why it almost cause me heart failure. This songs right here, don't feel like nothing new.
VitorVitoriaBaia 1 year ago
for one u forgot the bass fills for 100 stories by a3 and and everything by blink uses those same chords in like every song and most punk bands do anyways
azure21300 1 year ago
yes, it is I V vi IV (1,5,6,4)
aseretkavon 1 year ago
Rock like any other kind of music has a vocabulary,go to a Bluegrass festival and hear them play basicly the same song over and over again with different words,same for country,Blues or anything else...expecting infinite variety in music within the context of a certain style is futile.
SongSwan 1 year ago
you have a good ear for intervals. but only a fraction of songs use the 1-5-6-4 interval that you've exemplified in this video
evilpoptart18 1 year ago
I think you did a really good job on this and I also think it's really nice of you to help people who are unexperienced and want to learn more stuff like this :) So thanks!
sailxonxmusic 1 year ago
music isn't about playing chords though, a computer can do that. It's about rhythm, style and feeling. It's about expression. I don't get that upset if a song sounds strangely familiar. I only get pissed off when it sounds generic but terrible and everyone seems to like it.
stcolreplover 1 year ago
@enkito2 to see it done better follow the link in the bottom annotation. it's a different chord sequence but the same theme and done a lot better :)
spiffcorgi 1 year ago
it does
TheFuxurmomful 1 year ago
@therobot13
You do realize there is a muse song on here right?
Haha
nicoleluvssam 1 year ago
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LOL!!! This is really funny... and true. I'm glad I don't listen to any of these groups. :P
bbrabant 1 year ago
it's not unoriginal
it's a chord sequence.
been used for ages.
xTessa94 2 years ago 32
@xTessa94 That's the definition of unoriginal.
FeralArtist 1 year ago
@xTessa94
It is unoriginal though... especially a lot of these given examples, which also have very simple melodies and rhythm.
Mordain607 1 year ago
@xTessa94 chord progression actually. lol
rennychenny 1 year ago
@xTessa94
"been used for ages" you just contradicted yourself about the originality.
pdherr71 9 months ago 6
@pdherr71 buddy, we can't just made a new chord sequence to any new music you make.
gkyy3c 7 months ago
@gkyy3c Can't tell if trolling or just stupid...
spiffcorgi 7 months ago
1. F#ck you
2. maybe you shouldn't make chord progressions which you repeat all the time.
Take a look at this chord progression:
Em-F#m-Esus4-A-C/F-Em-G-Em-F#m-Esus4-A-C-A-Go7-a-Go7-B- (Chorus): C-G-Am-g-Em-B/Eb-Em-C-G-Bm-C-Em-Bm/G-B-Em
PLay this chord progressions and then remember for always and always:
THERE ARE LIMITLESS AMOUNTS OF DIFFERENT CHORD SCHEME'S
rdezoveelste 7 months ago
@rdezoveelste Yeah... you lost the point of the video, didn't you.
neoshenlong 5 months ago
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@gkyy3c
1. F#ck you
2. maybe you shouldn't make chord progressions which you repeat all the time.
Take a look at this chord progression:
Em-F#m-Esus4-A-C/F-Em-G-Em-F#m-Esus4-A-C-A-Go7-a-Go7-B- (Chorus): C-G-Am-g-Em-B/Eb-Em-C-G-Bm-C-Em-Bm/G-B-Em
PLay this chord progressions and then remember for always and always:
THERE ARE LIMITLESS AMOUNTS OF DIFFERENT CHORD SCHEME'S
rdezoveelste 7 months ago
damn, i never realized how many bands were that unoriginal. really makes you think and reconsider who your favorite bands are. thats why, like that one guy said, im sticking with Radiohead and progressive rock and a select 60s and 70s bands.
r4scuache 2 years ago
wrong chords for the jimmy eat world 23!!
its b# a D and then G
saucy1000 2 years ago
no.
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
word!x lol
saucy1000 2 years ago
you're wrong.
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
okay okay the verses are those chords! my bad
saucy1000 2 years ago
hey theres no note called B#.
hes right.
TotalTenor 2 years ago
eeeehm there is, its the same as h#. I can play it on my guitar,why cant you?
dbfi01 1 year ago
so much for being a total tenor...
dbfi01 1 year ago
@dbfi01 well, at ;least in america theres no note as B# or H# sharp. here we go C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. so maybe there could be some difference there.
TotalTenor 1 year ago
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dbfi01 is a fucking idiot, ignore him. he left about 20 comments on this video so i deleted and blocked him, he's obviously looking for a fight and he's not getting one here.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago
haha i kinda noticed that. i just dont see how someone can be that stoopid haha
TotalTenor 1 year ago
that's the major notes, yeah, there are also minor notes, which include C#, D#, F#, and A#, so you are correct in saying there are no B# or H#, and in fact not H at all,
siriusblack9999 1 year ago
@siriusblack9999 you can't have minor notes. you mean the semitones between the full tones, which can be listed as sharp or flat. not minor.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago 2
@spiffcorgi Yes, major/minor is all to do with CHORDS.
Well said.
MJIsAlive100 1 year ago
@siriusblack9999 H is an old way of saying Bb, which Bach took advantage of to 'spell his name' in his music.
chiffmonkey 1 year ago
@TotalTenor In German music notation, B is written as H and Bb is written as B.
EVERYTHINGDARTS 1 year ago
okay then C b lol hahha
saucy1000 2 years ago
That's why I love bands like Radiohead and Muse. They simply ignore those mainstream chords. And there is no song that sound like another one, I mean THIS makes a good band.
Fuck mainstream.
TheRobot13 2 years ago 2
Robot13: dude you are retarted... let me guess you have no musical abilities what so ever
ClickOnPez 2 years ago
I just think it needs alot more musical experience to write a song without those chord sequences. And it's boring when you always play the same thing..
TheRobot13 2 years ago
@ClickOnPez are YOU retarded?? for one you can't even SPELL the word retarded. why do you have a problem with what he is saying? he makes a good point.
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
I didnt know u were a member of the grammar police?? ur puny brain cells sure didnt seem to lack the understanding of the word "retarted" So congratulate yourself, knowing u can spell it correctly!!! But btw, u clearly dont have a proffesianl angle on music, if u ever played an instrument u would know how chords sequences go, and that if u know 4 guitar chords u can play almost a million songs that sounds like there are "stolen" so get lost noob
dbfi01 1 year ago
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calling someone retarted IS retarded, hence how i pointed it out. it's like calling someone stoopid, if you can't even spell the word you're saying do NOT insult someone else's intelligence.
also I KNOW it's simple and basic but the point is most pop songs bash these chords together, put a simple melody with lots of 3rds and 5ths in and call it a song.
make lots of money off hardly any work or understanding of music.
plus i posted this video like 2 years ago. i WAS shit back then. jackass.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago
@dbfi01: There's a couple things I'm gonna go ahead and point out here. Number one, grammar is not the same as spelling ,but evidently you can't get either one correct. Number two, writing a long comment doesn't make you look smart if it's full of fail. Number three, do you even know what the hell you're talking about?
1337crue 1 year ago
@dbfi01
... >_>
Jrockershadow 1 year ago
Muse is mainstream now but under there terms! which is a good thing
saucy1000 2 years ago
its a bass what you expect
N3m3sis360 2 years ago
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sweet compilation..you rock!
PolkaDotSunglasses 2 years ago
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youre cute! and yes, all songs have the same chordprogression, but it's hard to write a song that follows the "OK" harmonies, not using the devils chords and whatnot. And this works, and for some reason it sounds different even if youve heard it a million times.
ThasEnoughNow 2 years ago
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' and Any Way You Want It
alika207 2 years ago
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wow this is a really fucking stupid discussion. i bet most of the dumb comments are from guitar players(they're usually the dumb ones). try listening to something not written by teenagers with highlights and hair gel and you might hear some more chords.
josephallanjohnson 2 years ago
Sure. Playing a particular instrument automatically makes you dumb :/
Jagguar20 2 years ago
Apart the jazz music which is by far more complex, this and other easy sequences work and are recognised as "beauty songs" by many casual listener (i.e not musically trained musician) because once the ear is get acquainted to a chord sequence and got the feeling of each chord function, when approaching a different song it find chord movement analogy and recall past "well being" experiences and so there is an underneath sense of "oh that's righ way to move chords" (part4)
u0000 2 years ago
I've tried a hundred times to explain to people that they've dug a tonal pit into their brain, whereby all they like is what they've learned to comprehend.
I can play all kinds of exploratory stuff for them and they kind of turn their lips as if to say that it's "weird". BUT HEY! Just trot on the good old I V vi IV. Wala! IT could be any-fucking-thing. Slap a tonal melody on 4/4 with even bars and that's "right". That's music. Either it sickens or saddens me. Can't decide.
Hzqi 2 years ago
Then there is the Amen cadence .. i.e the 4 degree resolving to the 1st degree. This sequence in cyclic and you can turn around forever in the key of D. Problems arise when you want to smoothly modulate in some other key. however this and many other harmony theory related stuff can be easily found in any Jazz Harmony theory books. (part3 3)
u0000 2 years ago
The resolution should be the 1 of the scale giving to the listener a sense of completion or the 6 degree (sometime called false cadence) giving the listener a sense of surprise and of waiting for something to happen more. In this case after the 6 degree there is a resolution to the 4 degree of the scale and this is a perfect cadence (the 4 degree has a role of root sostitution for the key and give to the listener a sense of well beeing in the tonal center of the key) (part 2)
u0000 2 years ago
You discovered what is called "A turnarond" i.e a sequence of chords based on the underneath scale over specific scale degree. i'll explain this with the example given. In the songs in the key of D the note scales are [D E F# G A B C# ] and the bass sequence you play is D A B G D which are the 1 5 6 4 1
This is a very basic sequence. The 5 grade is called dominant, and the dominan force the ear to wait for a resolution. (part1)
u0000 2 years ago
The vocal melodies really stand out when you listen to the same chords over and over.
CAFWORKS 2 years ago
example:the notes C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C are C major
to make it minor you must change the notes (not bieng C,D,D#,F,G,G#,A#,C
lookat the c major and minor key written out
they are different progressions because you play the chords like with the note(s) of a key
finneykris 2 years ago
look if you change the keys to major or minor then the chord progressions must change,that is what makes it into major or minor
if you change to a minor key and play the same major chord progression then the key isnt minor because you havent changed it to minor
finneykris 2 years ago
what chords are 1-5-6-4 ?
chords are letters like am f c g?
are these the chords u mean
gordonryan78 2 years ago
hes talk about a chord progression.. 1-5-6-4.. means the 1st note of whatever your scale your using then the 5th note,,6th note and 4th note.. then repeat the same notes and thats a chord progression.. another common one in rock music a 1,4,5 progression.. take the key C Major... it would be C,F,G, understand??? progressions are easier then stating the chords used and then also typing what key the song is in and also using which scales..because modal scales can affect your key of a song
Mushroomhead18nc 2 years ago
@Mushroomhead18nc
yeah got it, thanks for explaining
gordonryan78 2 years ago
the numbers are the intervals of a key
MelleB90 2 years ago
Good job with the video and it's basic premise. Maybe this is why we see so many comments on youtube like "music sucks nowadays, it all sounds the same" which you just proved is true. Now maybe some more people can get real and get out of this little box. I, for one, am also sick to death of all the whining by the male singers.... puhleeze guys, get some balls. Emo is dead, thank goodness.
HelmutVonSphincter 2 years ago
It's kind of ironic that you criticise artists for this, and yet you give no credit to The Axis of Awesome who came up with this first.
uraniumgrenade 2 years ago
Axis of Awesome didn't come up with this chord sequence. Nor did they notice how it was in loads of songs first. This chord sequence and the musical acknowledgement of it has been around since pop music began. get a grip.
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
This chord progression goes all the way back to Pachabel's Canon in D, and probably still further.
Nice try though.
irishgal4life 2 years ago 2
Don't stop believin.
deltapunk21 2 years ago
I can't believe you left out "Dammit" by Blink 182 on this, haha.
That's a big one.
They also have a lot of songs that rip chords from each other,
but I don't mind. x)
Xx444nathan444xX 2 years ago
Not only does "Dammit" have that progression but the song "Another Girl Another Planet" by the Only Ones also does. Blink covered that song and have said in interviews that they loved the Only Ones as teenagers. No need to guess where they got the progression from then.
electriceyeonme 2 years ago
Well, 1-5-6-4 is a pretty catchy chord sequence lol
Kenny2k08 2 years ago
dude do you seriously have katy perry stuff in your library?
Pratichetti 2 years ago
haha katy perry rocks man :D
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
agreeed
AbbiMay93 2 years ago
your bass is out of tune ( humm anyway the 4E string is out of tune in some sequence)
HeyyJohnnyBoy 2 years ago
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nightswimmings 2 years ago
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nightswimmings 2 years ago
fun fact: that chord sequence is called the pachabell rant
Hiiamben 2 years ago
Yup, I picked that up right away when I started watching this video.
irishgal4life 2 years ago
max martin should die.
neomp5 2 years ago
all i have to say is that muse is awsum.
daurpm 2 years ago
they're used in everything because they're route notes...you can incorporate them into pretty much every chord progression whether they use it or not...its not because everyone conforms to this 'magical' chord progression...its because they have no choice..it isn't really a big deal
admitone82 2 years ago
yeah but all these songs use something called a Punk T. In the key of D the notes would be D (5th fret A string), A (5th fret E string), B (7th fret E string), and G (3rd fret E string). It forms a sorta T shape on the guitar/bass fretboard. Research it, alot of punk bands use it, especially blink-182. Cheers ;)
ledzep896 2 years ago
Ha...you mean like Dammit and What's My Age Again...just to name 2 off the top of my head? The punk T and the Rock L (F, C, D, Bb)...the staples of all things rock! haha!
danpeezie 2 years ago
THANK GOD SOMEONE FUCKING AGREES WITH ME! Thank god you made this video! We HAVE TO SPREAD IT AROUND TO THE FUCKING IDIOTS MAKING MUSIC TODAY!!!
mrtall1994 2 years ago
damn.... finally someone aggrees with u. now shut the hell up.
gutterflowerxxgirl2 2 years ago
I walk beside you by Dream Theater, also ;D in the first chorus D, A, Bm, G... Second time a variation follows up with F# instead of A.
Mechanix1911 2 years ago 2
Plus...I notice you only pick and choose certain parts of songs...and it's just the bass lines dude. The melody of any of those songs could be using an D7, a Dm, or any kind of chords in that same progression. Good observations, but just oversimplified a bit.
danpeezie 2 years ago 3
it's cos i only had a bass at this point in time so could not show you the progression on guitar, which would have been better. key counts for nothing, if you stole someone's song almost identical but changed the key you would still get sued.
and i have yet to come across a major chord progession using a minor root chord...
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
There's a song called Four Chord Wonder, by The Atari's....couldn't find it on here, but here's a link for the lyrics. Says the same thing...it's pretty funny. The other progression used is the "Glycerine" riff...F, C, D, Bb...G, D, E, C...etc...
danpeezie 2 years ago
Look to jazz buddy....
Doddus 2 years ago
it's not theft. nobody stole this from anybody, because nobody really used it first. it's just laziness. write some dead simply lyrics, lay down these chords, sing the lyrics in a simple melody that fits the chords, and back with basic instrumentation, and there you have it, one chart-topping hit for no effort, creativity, or talent.
flip the chords around, first 2 last and last 2 first, you'll find another list of hacky hits almost as long.
neomp5 2 years ago 2
I think it's called a punk/pop progression. So yes, it's used a lot...but those songs all had different tempos and some were in different keys. You know that almost all blues/rock songs have the same type of riff/progression too, right?!
danpeezie 2 years ago 7
there is more! take that's new song whatever it is and Taylor swifts love story and one republic stop and stare
Tacadoband 2 years ago
For someone using the same note progression... you fucking suck at playing bass... and it's a fucking bass.
Emeianoite 2 years ago 2
look i know your comment is gonna get LOADS of thumbs up cos you're right. But you need to consider that i was half asleep while making this and it got so monotonous at points that i stopped concentrating completely and although i managed to fuck up at playing the easiest thing possible at places... i still couldn't be arsed refilming.
this video was to demonstrate the lack of originality in music, not to demonstrate my skill. please watch one of my bass covers before commenting on my skill.
spiffcorgi 2 years ago
Don't even worry about it brah, been there.
Emeianoite 2 years ago