← Back to context Comment by hn_submit 5 days ago But which three or four chords are best to learn? 3 comments hn_submit Reply tofflos 5 days ago C, G, Am and F for some definition of best. hn_submit 5 days ago Is there a logic behind this? Can you play any song with just those chords? JKCalhoun 5 days ago Well, without going into music theory (which, ha ha, I am ignorant of), these chords "go together"—they're in the same "key" [1].(And there are perhaps hundreds of songs that use the same chords [2].)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%9...[2] https://youtu.be/dFpryVMgni0
tofflos 5 days ago C, G, Am and F for some definition of best. hn_submit 5 days ago Is there a logic behind this? Can you play any song with just those chords? JKCalhoun 5 days ago Well, without going into music theory (which, ha ha, I am ignorant of), these chords "go together"—they're in the same "key" [1].(And there are perhaps hundreds of songs that use the same chords [2].)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%9...[2] https://youtu.be/dFpryVMgni0
hn_submit 5 days ago Is there a logic behind this? Can you play any song with just those chords? JKCalhoun 5 days ago Well, without going into music theory (which, ha ha, I am ignorant of), these chords "go together"—they're in the same "key" [1].(And there are perhaps hundreds of songs that use the same chords [2].)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%9...[2] https://youtu.be/dFpryVMgni0
JKCalhoun 5 days ago Well, without going into music theory (which, ha ha, I am ignorant of), these chords "go together"—they're in the same "key" [1].(And there are perhaps hundreds of songs that use the same chords [2].)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%9...[2] https://youtu.be/dFpryVMgni0
C, G, Am and F for some definition of best.
Is there a logic behind this? Can you play any song with just those chords?
Well, without going into music theory (which, ha ha, I am ignorant of), these chords "go together"—they're in the same "key" [1].
(And there are perhaps hundreds of songs that use the same chords [2].)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%9...
[2] https://youtu.be/dFpryVMgni0