• cully
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  • Registered: 2006-05-17
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Topic: A One Chord Song??

Imagine a <b>One chord </b>song.....impossible?


How easy would it be to learn.... an ideal starter track to get people hooked........ how?


Learn one chord... "E"   play it till you can hear it in your mind all the notes one by one....now tune your guitar to this "E" chord... then play the E chord shape again 


two chords..but only knowing one chord   (ok I cheated-ish)


Now hear what it sounds like:- go to <b>www.motagator.net/john_cully </b>


click on <b>'music'</b> and scroll down to <i><b>"My Eyes"</b></i>


Play loud  and pass it on

  • Registered: 2006-08-26
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Re: A One Chord Song??

There's a site out there that lists a bunch of one-chord songs, actually. Best list I've seen:


www.freewebs.com/guitarpedagogy/resources

  • Registered: 2006-08-25
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Re: A One Chord Song??

add .htm to the end of that address, else you get a web building site.


So its <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/guitarpedagogy/resources.htm" target="_blank">http://www.freewebs.com/guitarpedagogy/resources.htm</a>


Smile <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">

  • Registered: 2006-07-09
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Re: A One Chord Song??

hey hey!

just put my one chord song on youtube.

i tryed to do an instructive thing using an E chord, scales, and single notes

go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYEGIHwIYs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYEGIHwIYs</a>

(hope thats right lol)


  peace, slim

  • From: Frederick, MD
  • Registered: 2006-12-28
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Re: A One Chord Song??

Nice, I wish I could play like that.

"Talent instantly recognizes genius,
but mediocrity knows nothing more than itself."

-Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle

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  • From: Scotland.
  • Registered: 2006-07-13
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Re: A One Chord Song??

Hey that's a pretty neat song. I rather enjoyed that.  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">

Blind acceptance is a sign, of stupid fools who stand in line.  John Lydon.

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  • Registered: 2006-08-15
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Re: A One Chord Song??

Like it! Tab and lyrics please.  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">


(PS She Cracked by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers only has one chord and it doesn't have any of that nice playing on it either. It's good though. - OK I think everything by JR is good.)

  • cully
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Re: A One Chord Song??

see my 1st comment... lyrics are at www.motagator.net/john_cully


as for tabs..."It's a One Chord Song!"...is either played or not!!

  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: A One Chord Song??

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>anotheremptyhead wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 14&#58;03</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
hey hey!

just put my one chord song on youtube.

i tryed to do an instructive thing using an E chord, scales, and single notes

go to <a href="http&#58;&#47;&#47;www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYEGIHwIYs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYEGIHwIYs</a>

(hope thats right lol)


  peace, slim
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Excellent!!!

  • From: Murphysboro Il
  • Registered: 2007-02-10
  • Posts: 292

Re: A One Chord Song??

Tomorrow Never Knows is a nice one chord song from Revolver. Also a lot of Indian music is written on one chord.

"Nobody paints by ear so why would I play guitar by sight?" hmm