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The chord progression is also used in the form IV–I–V–vi, as in songs such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna [5] and "Down" by Jay Sean. [6] Numerous bro-country songs followed the chord progression, as demonstrated by Greg Todd's mash-up of several bro-country songs in an early 2015 video. [7]
After the Edinburgh festival, the Axis of Awesome's song "4 Chords", a medley of 36 pop songs that all contain the same basic chord structure, received airplay on BBC Radio 1. [3] This airplay drove listeners to the internet and "4 Chords" went viral, receiving millions of views on YouTube.
List of musical chords Name Chord on C Sound # of p.c.-Forte # p.c. #s Quality ... 4-18A: 0 3 6 e: Diminished Diminished seventh chord (leading-tone and secondary chord)
4: PD Backdoor progression (front door is V7) ii– ♭ VII I: 3: Major Bird changes: I vii ø –III7 vi–II7 v–I7, IV7 iv– ♭ VII7 iii–VI7 ♭ iii– ♭ VI7, ii V7 I–VI7 ii–V: 20: Major Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence: I–V– ♭ VII–IV: 4: Mix. Circle progression: vi–ii–V–I: 4: Major Coltrane changes: Coltrane ...
Funk emphasizes the groove and rhythm as the key element, so entire funk songs may be based on one chord. Some jazz-funk songs are based on a two-, three-, or four-chord vamp. Some punk and hardcore punk songs use only a few chords. On the other hand, bebop jazz songs may have 32-bar song forms with one or two chord changes every bar.
It has inspired songs such as Rob Paravonian's "Pachelbel Rant" and the Axis of Awesome's "Four Chords", which comment on the number of popular songs borrowing the same tune or harmonic structure. [1] [2] "Four Chords" does not directly focus on the chords from Pachelbel's Canon, instead focusing on the I–V–vi–IV progression. [3]
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A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]