40 songs everyone has heard, The same 4 chords, the same progression.

that's great. I liked the fat dude's Elton John getup

that was awesome


I like how it was across all genres and over 40 years worth of music. Those dudes killed it.

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All you have to do is sit by the radio with a guitar and you will be amazed at how many songs you "already know". And if you change the order of the four chords, say G-Em-C-D instead of G-D-Em-C, you increase your repertoire tenfold.

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Yup... a capo, and G D Em C, with an F and Am thrown in there, and you know hundreds of songs.

If I want to learn a new song by ear, I'll find the bass note on the low E, then pick the high E and B strings to find notes that match. If those notes are on the 7th fret, I'll capo 4 and 95% of the time, it's in the G D Em C family. I'll transpose it to different keys from there.

I was strumming last night and figured out about 10 songs with my capo and finding the G chord.

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G-Em-C-D is affectionately known as the "Dead Teenager" pattern.

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you just made that up didn't you

I remember listening to Alice Cooper's radio show a couple of years ago and he said that he'll never listen to anyone's tapes or demos that people try to get him to listen to because if he comes out with a song that sounds remotely like one of theirs he could get in trouble.

His argument being that there are only so many chords.

The four chord pop song always cracks me up.

The pachebels canon rant is almost as funny LINK

I do this on the piano at parties and people think I'm a genius