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Inspired by "4 Chords" by The Axis of Awesome, I decided to make my own rendition of songs that utilize these four chords. In music theo...
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Inspired by "4 Chords" by The Axis of Awesome, I decided to make my own rendition of songs that utilize these four chords. In music theory, the chords are as follows: I, V, vi, IV. Rather than performing each song (as did The Axis of Awesome) I mixed the actual recordings into a single montage.
Of course ALL of these songs are in different keys and have different meters and different tempos; mixing them in their "natural" state would sound awful. So I transposed them all to the same key (I chose the key of B major.) And once transposed, I took each single chord sequence and made them all the same length.
With these alterations, you will hear that some songs sound "Alvin and the Chipmunks"-esque while others sound "deep-voiced demon"-esque. Also, some are substantially sped-up and others substantially slowed-down. And some are hardly changed, if at all; it just depends on what the original key of the song was.
Hope you like it.
FOR MUSIC THEORY GEEKS: Most of the songs were in a major key, with the chord progression truly being I, V, vi, IV. There were, however, a few songs in the relative minor key. These songs technically have a different chord progression. To keep things simple, these fews songs have a *tonically- equivalent* chord progression of vi, IV, I, V. But since this chord progression is repeated at least twice during the song (e.g., vi, IV, [I, V, vi, IV], I, V) you'll obviously see that right in the middle of the doubled chord sequence is "I, V, vi, IV."
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Axis of Awesome playing live on the Footy Show with their brilliant 4 chord classic! Very Very Funny!
Songs Included are : You're beautiful by James...
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Axis of Awesome playing live on the Footy Show with their brilliant 4 chord classic! Very Very Funny!
Songs Included are : You're beautiful by James Blunt, Forever young by the Alphaville (covered by Youth Group), I'm yours by Jason Mraz, Amazing by Alex Lloyd, Wherever you go by the Calling, Can you feel the love tonight by Elton John, She will be loved by Maroon 5, Pictures of you by the Last Goodnight, Cigarettes will kill you by Ben Lee, With or without you by U2, Fall at your feet by Crowded House, Am I not pretty enough? by Kasey Chambers, Let it be by The Beatles, Under the bridge by RHCP, Horses by Darryl Braithwaite, Down under by Men at Work, Waltzing Matilda, Old Australia's funniest Homevideos intro, Taylor by Jack Johnson, 2 become 1 by the Spice Girls, Take on me by A-ha, When I come around by Green Day, Save tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry, Africa by Toto, If I Were A Boy by Beyonce, Self Esteem by the Offspring, Apologize by One Republic, U + Ur Hand by P!nk, Pokerface by Lady Gaga, Barbie Girl by Aqua, Kids by MGMT, Scar by Missy Higgins, Thats all it takes to be a star by Axis Of Awesome,
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Axis of Awesome playing live on the Footy Show with their brilliant 4 chord classic! Very Very Funny!
Songs Included are : You're beautiful by James...
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Axis of Awesome playing live on the Footy Show with their brilliant 4 chord classic! Very Very Funny!
Songs Included are : You're beautiful by James Blunt, Forever young by the Alphaville (covered by Youth Group), I'm yours by Jason Mraz, Amazing by Alex Lloyd, Wherever you go by the Calling, Can you feel the love tonight by Elton John, She will be loved by Maroon 5, Pictures of you by the Last Goodnight, Cigarettes will kill you by Ben Lee, With or without you by U2, Fall at your feet by Crowded House, Am I not pretty enough? by Kasey Chambers, Let it be by The Beatles, Under the bridge by RHCP, Horses by Darryl Braithwaite, Down under by Men at Work, Waltzing Matilda, Old Australia's funniest Homevideos intro, Taylor by Jack Johnson, 2 become 1 by the Spice Girls, Take on me by A-ha, When I come around by Green Day, Save tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry, Africa by Toto, If I Were A Boy by Beyonce, Self Esteem by the Offspring, Apologize by One Republic, U + Ur Hand by P!nk, Pokerface by Lady Gaga, Barbie Girl by Aqua, Kids by MGMT, Scar by Missy Higgins, Thats all it takes to be a star by Axis Of Awesome,
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