Progression Obsession: Pop music’s most used chord changes
Twenty Thousand Hertz
The C Major Chord Progression
When you stack three or more notes on top of each other, it makes a chord. This progression is so common that people often just call it the four chords. Over the years, this single progression has come to dominate pop music. One band even made a viral hit by making fun of how overused it is.
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