SONGS in 4 CHORDS
Journey -- "Don't Stop Believing"
James Blunt -- "You're Beautiful"
Black Eyed Peas -- "Where Is the Love"
Alphaville -- "Forever Young"
Jason Mraz -- "I'm Yours"
Train -- "Hey Soul Sister"
The Calling -- "Wherever You Will Go"
Elton John -- "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
Akon -- "Don't Matter"
John Denver -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi"
U2 -- "With Or Without You"
The Last Goodnight -- "Pictures of You"
Maroon Five -- "She Will Be Loved"
The Beatles -- "Let It Be"
Bob Marley -- "No Woman No Cry"
Marcy Playground -- "Sex and Candy"
Men At Work -- "Land Down Under"
Theme from America's Funniest Home Videos
Jack Johnson -- "Taylor"
Spice Girls -- "Two Become One"
A Ha -- "Take On Me"
Green Day -- "When I Come Around"
Eagle Eye Cherry -- "Save Tonight"
Toto -- "Africa"
Beyonce -- "If I Were A Boy"
Kelly Clarkson -- "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Jason DeRulo -- "In My Head"
The Smashing Pumpkins -- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Joan Osborne -- "One Of Us"
Avril Lavigne -- "Complicated"
The Offspring -- "Self Esteem"
The Offspring -- "You're Gonna Go Far Kid"
Akon -- "Beautiful"
Timberland featuring OneRepublic -- "Apologize"
Eminem featuring Rihanna -- "Love the Way You Lie"
Bon Jovi -- "It's My Life"
Lady Gaga -- "Pokerface"
Aqua -- "Barbie Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- "Otherside"
The Gregory Brothers -- "Double Rainbow"
MGMT -- "Kids"
Andrea Bocelli -- "Time To Say Goodbye"
Robert Burns -- "Auld Lang Syne"
Five for fighting -- "Superman"
The Axis of Awesome -- "Birdplane"
Missy Higgins -- "Scar"
ASSIGNMENT!
Grade 10s and NEW Grade 11s:
Make a Mixcraft file with the 4 Chords in C Major repeated 2 times
Create drum track to match. (minimum kick, snare, hi-hat)
Here are the 4 chords.
Record each for one bar in this order.
Always use fingers 1, 3 and 5.
2nd Bar
3rd Bar
4th Bar
Repeat the four bar pattern one more time until you have 8 bars.
Now add a drum track to match it.
Practice your chords while you listen to the track on loop.
You will be tested on your ability to PLAY these 4 chords next week.
Returning Grade 11s and those with piano experience.
- Create an 8 Bar Mixcraft file using the 4 chords in G Major.
- Create a drum track
- Create a Bass Track using only the ROOT note of each chord.
The chords one bar each are in this order I, V, vi, IV ( G Major, D Major, E Minor, C Major)
Repeat the pattern once to make your practice file 9 bars long.
WATCH OUT FOR THE F# in the D Major Chord!
Be prepared to play the chords next week.
