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He just said "one of the most popular", and 1 -> 5 -> 6 -> 4 is indeed the ridiculously common progression of "four chord rock". But if only the changes in cho
by rspeer 12y ago
He just said "one of the most popular", and 1 -> 5 -> 6 -> 4 is indeed the ridiculously common progression of "four chord rock".
But if only the changes in chords are being notated, I bet 1, 4, 1, 5 comes from the 12-bar blues, which is even more widespread than four-chord rock. The 12 bars that dominated the 20th century could be notated as:
1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5
And if you only notate the transitions:
1 -> 4 -> 1 -> 5 -> 4 -> 1 -> 5
- kowdermeister 12y agoThanks, this makes sense, however the visuals did not really show the common 4 chord song pattern. Anyways, I mostly produce electronic music and this blues progression just gave me a good idea :)