The chords are 1,5,6,4 (pick the key you want to play in). For example, in C major the chords would be C, G, Am, F. You could include just about every rock song ever written if you also added 1,4,5 as an option (C,F,G in Cmaj). 1,4,5 is the most common chord progression, 1564 is the 'fancy' rock progression. If you get more complicated than this, then it's jazz ;-).
Usually, when these are played they play the first inversion of the tonic chord (1) and then move down to the keyboard to play the 5th, then up one to the six and then down again to the 4th. You can make a bit more interesting by moving UP to the 5th instead, often the bass will do this to make it a bit more interesting. As this video shows, just straight block chords of 1564 can get a bit boring.
BTW, some of the songs they played didn't actually use 1564, but it still fits if you squeeze it a bit, and of course, many of those songs are in different keys to accommodate the singers range.
listen...........I'm a bit buzzed...the video player ain't working.....so just reading through the post here.....and keep seeing your post on each one. Are you intentionally trying to come off as a complete twat? Jesus fucking H........aahhh fuck it......continue
Hmmmm... No. Not a complete twat. I'm just bored out of my mind, and the anticipation of going back to public school in six days is making it that much worse. I am dying over here.
Dis B like dat "Contact" movee wit Jodee Fozter. U kno, where she B gitin' prime numbas frum outta space. Deez fo cords B da sekret 2 da funkshun of da entire univurse. Powaful shit, man.
Thanks Glurnbert -- is it worth asking if the deceptive cadence matters? Really, play those four chords because the IV - I is never fully satisfying, so when you finally arrive at V at the end of the song and sit there for a while, it's like bloody bliss when you wrap up the whole show back on I. If someone plays the wrong note, maybe you go from V to ii, from which V again would make sense, but another IV is right out (but no parallel 5th, unless you're goin' for power chords...).
Take out the vi, and you've got Country... And remember, they can all play it in a different key if they've got a c clamp! Next, we'll do away with all performing skills whatsoever.
I remember in college having to transcribe 4 part Bach chorales by ear. When did that end? I'm still waiting for the pop song that uses a good ol' fashioned neopolitan -- why can't U2 go for the Tristan chord? Harrumph...
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