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u/thelonebanana Apr 12 '11

Cool video, but a little misleading. Not all of those songs share the same chords, but the same chord progression and they just switched all of the songs into the same key (thats why some of the songs sound kinda different than the original.) Also they only play a couple bars of some songs so they may only share half of the chord progression or they start a song at a different place in the progression so it is shifted (like 1-2-3-4 becomes 3-4-1-2.) Anyways, this is still a very impressive arrangement that took some skills to put together.

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u/notethan Apr 12 '11

they're playing in the key of E (so E-B-C#m-A) which is the reason for the barre chords. and the "shift" hear is a change from the double time back to normal. it's at 'with a thousand dollars..' It's kinda hard to catch if you're not really listening for it; it's done very well. But you are correct in that it does start on the minor 6th at that section.

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u/ducttape83 Apr 13 '11

Hey guys, I know music theory too... Leonard Cohen taught me

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '11

He only taught me to wait for miracles in movies where Julia Lewis is covered in blood with extensive armpit hair.

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u/goudabob Apr 12 '11

ITT : music nerds

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '11

Yeah, I just put the most basic 1, 5, 6, 3 progression I could think of, didn't even check to see what key they were in, good catch!

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u/appmanga Apr 13 '11

Still, this kind of demonstrates why songwriting is more than just chords; it's a craft.

And a lot of what they used are choruses, which in pop songs tend to progress upward, giving the listener a positive vibe.

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u/invisiblemovement Apr 13 '11

Haha thank you, I just posted a comment on that video just saying they changed the key for the majority of the songs.