WEEK 4 CHALLENGE: FOUR-CHORD LOOP
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@burrsettles Feb 2022
WEEK 4 CHALLENGE: FOUR-CHORD LOOP
Write a song that uses the same four-chord loop almost exclusively. Try dynamics, instrumentation, or rhythm/melody shifts to distinguish song sections.
Examples: “Sweet Dreams” (Beyoncé), “Creep” (Radiohead), “Where Is My Mind?” (The Pixies), “Run Around” (Blues Traveler), “Die Young” (Sylvan Esso)
https://fawm.org/songs/challenges/week4/ -
@jwhanberry Feb 2022
I wasn't meaning to write for this challenge but it just happened in the heat of a skirmish. First weekly challenge song in 8 years of FAWMing.
F#m B D E
https://fawm.org/songs/134691/ -
@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
Here's mine. This one sounds better on headphones, if you have them. I'm still working on the ways to adjust volume of different tracks in GB.
https://fawm.org/songs/135109/ -
@pabrizzer Feb 2022
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@js6 Feb 2022
I did it. The whole song repeats the same chord progression. https://fawm.org/songs/135284/
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@max Feb 2022
Four-chord-loop-capo-four
done during last night's skirmish:
https://fawm.org/songs/135083/ -
@bithprod Feb 2022
Yup, I did it! https://fawm.org/songs/135003/
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@eric Feb 2022
Mine was a 2 chord loop song but I changed it slightly to have 4 chords! Ha! Enjoy! https://fawm.org/songs/135180/
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@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Thank you, @burrsettles Here is mine: https://fawm.org/songs/135561/
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@misterdemp Feb 2022
Here's one! https://fawm.org/songs/135474/
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@potentialspam Feb 2022
Here's mine: https://fawm.org/songs/135601/
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@vegansongs Feb 2022
Double challenged- also a skirmish write
https://fawm.org/songs/136047/
4 chords D Bm C G -
@mikeb Feb 2022
I did all 4 weekly challenges this year! Here's my week 4 song: https://fawm.org/songs/136208/ G D Am Em
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@standup Feb 2022
The 4-chord challenge made this a quick write. But it’s also an arrangement challenge, how to make sections sound different
https://fawm.org/songs/135942/ -
@rayboneor Feb 2022
For me the real challenge is not to roll the same 4 chords around for all 14 songs in a month. I have three songs up that all grew out of the same 4-chord loops. Two of them actually use the same underlying tracks. I was gonna use the same tracks a third time but actually took the trouble to record something new for this one: https://fawm.org/songs/132275/
If anyone cares, here are the other two:
https://fawm.org/songs/129559/
https://fawm.org/songs/131451/ -
@jcameron Feb 2022
Wait, did you say FOUR CHORD song? https://fawm.org/songs/136288/
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@tcelliott Feb 2022
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@mhorning Feb 2022
4 chord loop until the outro (because you need a turn around to finish on the root chord)
https://fawm.org/songs/136509/ -
@sph Feb 2022
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@ayehahmur Feb 2022
Just made it! And I'm also doubling down by claiming it for the week 2 challenge too!
https://fawm.org/songs/136815/ -
@cblack Feb 2022
Question: If I have a chord that is made up of, say, "A F G C#" notes, does it matter which octave the notes are in?
I don't have any theory knowledge at all, don't even know if that's an official chord. I was just curious... Is
"A1 F1 G1 C#1"
the same chord as
"A3 F2 G4 C#5" etc.?
Just trying to figure out how to do this challenge... Also, those 4 notes at the same time vs. those 4 notes in sequence? Is that the same?
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@blindsheepdog Feb 2022
https://fawm.org/songs/137613/ here’s our collab … Dm A G F….. I think
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@blindsheepdog Feb 2022
https://fawm.org/songs/137613/ here’s our collab … Dm A G F….. I think
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@elesimo Feb 2022
Here's mine: https://fawm.org/songs/137420/
I used Dm Bb Gm A, sped up 2x during the chorus. Other than that there's a Bb C during the intro, bridge, and outro. -
@robynmackenzie Feb 2022
Here's what I came up with. G Em F C with a Bb and C thrown in. https://fawm.org/songs/138290/
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@sph Mar 2022
Here's mine, inspiration came from Noel Johnson who discusses chords and stuff mostly over my head ;-)
D G#7 C#m A
https://fawm.org/songs/135957/ -
@sph Mar 2022
@cblack yes, it's the same - or not. These are just inversions.
You can name it different ways, e.g.
A C# E# G = A dominant with sharp 5
F A C# G = F add 9 with sharp 5
Speaking of inversions: the chord itself is the same but the sound impression is another. Here some classical examples:
C E G, tonic, third, fifth
E G C, first inversion, the so called sixth chord, because now the original third is in the bass and the intervall to the root (C) is a sixth
G C E, second inversion, the so called quart sixth chord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inversion
But remember: what sounds good is good!
Tastes have changed!
Concerning your second question: 4 notes at the same time vs in sequence.
I would say "at the same time" defines a chord but an arpeggio of the same chord is "in sequence" and evokes a similar musical listening experience -
@ambroise Mar 2022
I had this pesonnal bucketlist item for fawm 2022 : a song with a picardy third. And it turned out to be also a 4-chords-loop so I can feed two birds with one crumb.
C - A - Dm7 - G7
Picardy third and 4-chords-loop were perfect for my sadest lyrics this month.
https://fawm.org/songs/137001/ -
@liz561 Mar 2022
Forgot to add mine to the thread when I posted.
https://fawm.org/songs/137024/