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    Posted: June 04 2010 at 06:24
This is just too good not to have its own thread Big smile




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  i've heard this guys before,that four chords is a kick ass, they also have few other funny tracks 
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Brilliant!!LOL Thanks for posting.
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That brightened my day a little. Thumbs Up LOL
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Not the same I know but the mention of this song reminded me of this:
 
 
 
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I actually covered this yesterday on the uke with a friend on vocals during a really long and boring bus ride. It's pretty sad that he actually remembers the order of the songs LOL
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I don't really know chords by name.  Anyone want to name them?
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LOL I may just show this to everyone I know
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I don't really know chords by name.  Anyone want to name them?
They're playing E Major, B Major, C# Major, A Major. However most of the songs use different cords. They simply transposed the songs to the key of E Major. 
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E Major, B Major, C# Minor, A Major.
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You're right that is C# Minor. My bad. 
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And all blues songs have only three chords.
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Originally posted by USENAME USENAME wrote:

And all blues songs have only three chords.


That explains why that style is such a bore Wink
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More chords does not necessarily mean better a song, you can write good one-chord-songs.
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A song with three chords is nice; a whole style with three chords is tedious at best.
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 20:47
Great video!  The entire Doo Wop genre used almost the same four chords or an appropriate variation for the key of the song:
 
E Major, B Major, C# Minor, A Major.
 
All the good Country songs (yes, this may be oxymoronic) also use the same four, with one minor variation:
 
E Major, B Major, F# Minor, A Major.
 
Funny substituting F# Minor for C# Minor makes the song appropriate for being drunk at a roadhouse.  See Gary Stewart's She's Acting Single (And I'm Drinking Doubles).
 
Of course the four may be mixed and matched with regard to sequence.
 
As for the blues, yes, generally three chords.  But ya really need to listen to some Lightnin' Hopkins who could twist those three and play a frankly weird version of the standard 12-bar blues, where some bars were 11 and others 13 and others just who knows what (q.v. Captain Beefheart).
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