{"id":681,"date":"2008-11-05T09:20:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/yes-you-can-play-a-top-charting-pop-song-with-just-4-chords"},"modified":"2024-12-25T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T03:02:51","slug":"yes-you-can-play-a-top-charting-pop-song-with-just-4-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/yes-you-can-play-a-top-charting-pop-song-with-just-4-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes you can! Play a top-charting pop song with just 4 chords!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m off to support my grandma as she has surgery today in Long Beach but I wanted to post this short lesson before I leave.<\/p>\n

I just posted a mega 33-minute video<\/a> so this lesson will just give you an abbreviated version of the video. What I really encourage you to do is stop what you’re doing and head over to view the entire lesson<\/a>. Dozens of comments have already come in about it since i posted it last night (…don’t forget to leave me one as well!)<\/p>\n

The tutorial teaches you how to play a popular song with just 4 chords! And they’re all seventh chords too (major, dominant).<\/p>\n

I’ll use my new piano tool I announced yesterday<\/a> to show you the chords below. But visit the 33-minute video<\/a> to get the full scoop!<\/p>\n

Here’s the four chords…<\/p>\n

Dmin7
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G7
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Cmaj7
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Fmaj7
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Notice the stepwise motion between tones. That’s what makes it sound so good!<\/p>\n

This is what we call a 2-5-1-4 chord progression<\/a>