catchiest chord progressions?

digster
digster Posts: 1,293
edited April 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
What do you guys think? What are those progressions that may you want to get up, dance your ass off, sings your lungs out, the absolute catchiest ones you could think of? I'm wondering if there will be alot of common answers (also, they dont need to be specific songs, I'm talking progressions in general).
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  • nailz100
    nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Man there are so many answers to that question. I think definately the most common would be the G, D, C in any order or the G, F, C. I like using Fucked up chords sometimes though...weird arpeggios and stuff. One of my favorite simple progressions is the Bminor, G, A....don't know why but for some reason I really like that progression. In short.....there are way too many possible answers to this question.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • MissYouAllDay
    MissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    I would also say GDC in any order. E minor fits in there well too.

    But whatever the begginning of daughter is. Probably the catchiest acoustic chord progression in history.
    I miss you already, I miss you always
    I miss you already, I miss you all day
  • nailz100
    nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    The beginning of daughter is tuned to open G......open tuning are cool as well. Look at "she talks to angels" & "name"
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • MissYouAllDay
    MissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    Name is amazing. To bad the direction that band went. The music and lyrics of that song are just insane!!!

    Looks like the lead singer had polastic surgery...
    I miss you already, I miss you always
    I miss you already, I miss you all day
  • nailz100
    nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Yeah...and tuning the B up to and E is a killer strech for that song.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Originally posted by nailz100
    The beginning of daughter is tuned to open G......open tuning are cool as well. Look at "she talks to angels" & "name"

    she talks to angels is in open E, right?
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    yup (for she talks to angels)
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • uninnocent
    uninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i find pretty much any I-IV-V progression catchy... but that's just me.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    A cycle of fourths (II-V, I-IV etc) = a hit.
  • uninnocent
    uninnocent Posts: 1,565
    Originally posted by FinsburyParkCarrots
    A cycle of fourths (II-V, I-IV etc) = a hit.

    so you're telling me i can make money off an F#maj - Bmaj - Emaj - Amaj progression??? right on!!! i'll give you some royalties when i'm famous.
  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Everytime I go to a wedding, this song gets everybody up and dancing:



    [F]young man, there's no need to feel down.
    I said, [Dm]young man, pick yourself off the ground.
    I said, [Bb]young man, 'cause you're in a new town
    there's no [C]need [Bb/C]to [C]be [Bb/C]unhap[C]py
    it's fun to stay at the[F] y-m-c-a.
    it's fun to stay at the[Dm] y-m-c-a.
    they have [Gm]everyth[Gm/maj7]ing for you [Gm7]men to en[Gm6]joy,
    you can[Bb/C] hang out with all the boys

    I wonder if all the dancing older redneck people ever listened to the words to that song!:eek:




    Well, you didn't say "good", but "catchy".:D



    (disclaimer: This does not constitute "liking" the song by me or anyone I know. This post is only for informational purposes only. Any accusations of the writer of this post involving 'Liking" the above song are untrue and would be considered disinformation! and the writer of this post hates it when he wakes up the morning after a wedding reception and has this song going through his head!)
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  • parchy
    parchy Posts: 205
    A - D/F# - G



    It's awesome!




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