All You Need Are These Four Chords
by Shelby Earl
on January 21, 2009
In case you've ever wondered what the magic formula is for a hit song, you need wonder no more. Australian musical comedy trio, Axis of Awesome, demonstrate how with one simple four chord progression, 36 hit songs (at least) have been penned.
You want to be next? Grab a guitar and do as I say: 6, 4, 1, 5, repeat = jackpot.
kosmo disk on August 13, 2011 at 01:16 PM
Heart and Soul (piano's verion of stairway of heaven), Country Roads, Spiderwebs (No Doubt) and a billion others.
nick on January 26, 2009 at 02:54 PM
I-V-vi-IV
get plagal
Jeremy Meyers on January 25, 2009 at 09:05 AM
This is all just Pachelbel's 'Canon in D'. This youtube has more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
milkfilk on January 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Good video. I guess Axis of Awesome is a comedy band. Good for them on making a quick documentary. The chords are 1,5,6,4 actually (starts on 1). Heart and Soul (piano's verion of stairway of heaven), Country Roads, Spiderwebs (No Doubt) and a billion others.