The Musical Diversity of Pop Songs

Re:The Musical Diversity of Pop Songs by MarkusAllen on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:43PM (#17222813)

Actually, pop songs follow the same basic chord progression formula... Elton John MASTERED it - revealed here: https://twitter.com/TheMarkusAllen/status/996830643949522944

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Re:The Musical Diversity of Pop Songs by rainbowmverse on Sunday June 03, 2018 @07:50PM (#17223244)

I–V–vi–IV is just a chord progression. Using it does not make a song unoriginal. You can build a billion melodies on it in just one mode of a scale. Then there's all the other stuff: instrument choice, arrangement, rhythm, lyrics (if you have them).

A song is so much more than a chord progression.

For those playing along at home: modern pop favorite I–V–vi–IV is also the chord progression used in some arrangements of the 1788 classic Auld Lang Syne.

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Re:The Musical Diversity of Pop Songs by stephengillie on Sunday June 03, 2018 @07:24PM (#17223078)

Axis of Awesome showed this as well: https://youtu.be/oOlDewpCfZQ

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