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Title: The Axis of Awesome 4 Chords
Added: Jan 5, 2009
Author: Cataphract
Duration: 5:12
Description:
Studio recording of The Axis of Awesome's "4 Chords". The song that proves that all you need to be a pop star is four simple chords.The audio is accompanied with a slide show of the original artists.Different recordings of "4 Chords" will vary as the band continually updates the song with the latest hits that use the structure.http://www.axisofawesome.net
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Tags: axis of awesome four chords jordan raskopoulos lee naimo benny davis birdplane musical comedy parody
axis of awesome four chords jordan raskopoulos lee naimo benny davis birdplane musical comedy parody
Youtube Comments: 5481
bitchslapper12 Says:
May 8, 2012 - Can you explain what that means?
Scipiothegreat Says:
May 8, 2012 - A I IV V IV progression is read one four five four. It means you take your chord, lets go simple, a C major in the key of C, and assign each position in that key a value, 1 through 7. So a I triad (in C) would be CEG, IV is FAC, V is GBD, and back to FAC (IV). That progression sounds very nice, as shown in the video, and is very common in the pop genre of music. There is more to music than most people think :D
DRR180 Says:
May 9, 2012 - My music theory isn't as good as it should be, so maybe someone can expand on what I say. Basically, there are 7 notes in a major scale. For example, in the key of C, the 7 notes are C, D, E, F, G, A, B. If you assign each one a numerical value, you wind up with I (C), II (D), III (E), IV (F), V (G), VI (A), VII (B). If you play a I, IV, V, IV progression in C, you play the chords C, F, G, F. The same rules apply to all other keys, but they are more complicated because they have sharps and flats
Arby Fergus Says:
May 11, 2012 - Very very well put for those who do not understand - well done!(Music degree student - England)
EmmaSargent Says:
May 16, 2012 - Brilliant. My daughter showed me this - she was played the video in her music lesson. I wish music had been this fun in the olden days!
borgeision Says:
May 17, 2012 - Are you serious? God
Compootor Says:
May 19, 2012 - Because not the whole song is those 4 chords, most of the time. They just pick out bits from each song that can be sung to those chords.
doood555 Says:
May 19, 2012 - Well what if they didn't only use 4 chords for full version
pluckylittlefellah Says:
May 19, 2012 - MISINFORMATION ALERT! Various comments here state that this is a I,IV,V,IV progression.For all you poor sods trying to get I,IV,V,IV to sound right -- you won't. A bread and butter songwriting progresssion, this is a I,V,VIm,IV (Tonic, Dominant, Relative Minor, Subdominant). The Axis of Awesome 4 Chords "song" is a brilliant piece of work that should be referenced by every music teacher. In this key (E) it's E, B, C#m A. For similar fun try I,VIm,IV,V -- less contemporary but very familiar?
pluckylittlefellah Says:
May 19, 2012 - @Cataphract Slideshow excellent, thanks!
3ddown465 Says:
May 20, 2012 - For the songs after Take On Me (3:15), the progression changes to VIm, IV, I, V. It's the same progression, just starting on the minor sixth chord first.
pyder31 Says:
May 20, 2012 - What are the 4 chords?
PowerTorsk Says:
May 21, 2012 - I can't believe this re-uploads has so many views, you are literally taking money away from Axis of Awesome.
kzrh014 Says:
May 27, 2012 - in other words... music itself is being rip-off...the artist nowadays dont have new inspiration to make new chords so they use the same tune over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again...nice voice anyway...
marvy1118 Says:
May 27, 2012 - All started by Paul McCartney in Let It Be.
sk4g0d Says:
May 27, 2012 - I brought myself here.
JosephRobertCox Says:
May 28, 2012 - Anyone saying that people are being ripped off are idiots. Im a musician and i know, there isnt many chord progressions you can really do without it being the same as someone elses and without sounding like shit
TheSupremeCyberNinja Says:
May 28, 2012 - How many freaking versions of such a great song!?!? ^_^
Szczotawow Says:
May 28, 2012 - CGaF
DrakonLameth Says:
May 28, 2012 - The 4 chords, as listed in the opening to their 2011 version of the song, is I V vi IV; for the Roman Numeral impaired, that's 1, 5, minor 6, 4.
8ima8cR7 Says:
May 28, 2012 - 0:26 DATTASS!
xtinaroma Says:
May 29, 2012 - "You know... that melody reminds me of another song..." You see?! :D
mixiemims Says:
May 29, 2012 - what chords are these!!!?? ahaha
BumpyEye Says:
May 29, 2012 - kill me please make it end
DRR180 Says:
May 6, 2012 - It's just a I, IV, V, IV progression. What chords you play doesn't matter.