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February 10th, 2010

Whats with THAT Chord Progression

First , we have this …

Coldplay VS Joe Satriani

Viva La Vida won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009

Then …

Black Eyed Peas - Meet me halfway

“Meet me halfway” went to number one in the UK on the 15th of November 2009, and also reached number one in Australia, making it their third chart topper from The E.N.D. in both countries. It was listed as the 10th biggest seller in th U.K of 2009.

…Not Long ago

Lady GaGa - Bad Romance

“Bad Romance” debuted at number nine on the November 14, 2009 chart of the Billboard Hot 100, making it Gaga’s highest-debuting song on the chart, selling 142,000 paid digital downloads in its first week.After two weeks the song reached a peak of two, making it her third highest peaking song on the Hot 100 behind “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”. The movement was spurred by 49% digital gain, thus pushing the song to the top of the Hot Digital Songs chart. The song has sold 2.47 million paid digital downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. “Bad Romance” debuted on the Pop Songs chart at thirty-eight[30] and moved to the top of the chart on the issue dated January 16, 2010, making it Gaga’s fifth consecutive number-one single on the chart.

Today’s number one song .

If you’re a song writer , make sure your song have THIS Chord Progression .

IV-V-III-VI

4-5-3-6 , its like F-G-Em-Am

Sure can hit number ONE .

But , in shredder’s language , the best 4-5-3-6 song is …

Ok , i think my band should do a medley on all 5 songs .

You can fit in K-Ci and Jojo - All my life in that too .(for wedding shows)..

Come to think of it ,

80’s - Am Dm G C …. was popular

90’s - G Em C D …was popular

Present - F G Em Am ????

So , whats with THAT Chord Progression now ?




10 Responses to “Whats with THAT Chord Progression”

  1. so to produce a hitsong, just study the hitsong today and use the chord progression eh? got it.

  2. haha..i think he’s being sarcastic

  3. whats that progression now? hmm i don’t even have a clue on musical theories.

  4. Well everyone can use a popular/cun chord progression in their song but not everyone can make cun song arrangement/melodies out of it mou…so still gotta give credit to them mou, hor Gapnap? :D

    Iron Maiden has been using the VI-IV-V progression for the past 25-30 years and counting and they’re still pulling it off! Respek mou! /clap

  5. LOL. Teko , what do you think of this ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5886Nb_psg

    link given by vincent

  6. haha ATTACK ATTACK! man i love this band… when i was bored. still like them though.

  7. Gapnap : NICE TONE!!! Haha..i was very surprised with how the singing chorus sounded like..especially after the crazy ass brutal intro…damn tight giler babi!

  8. what a scary band, i almost pissed my pants wtf

  9. Don’t forget Canon in D progression.. quite popular as well

  10. Hmm… attack attack? maybe metalcore is just not my thing… not heavy enough

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