You can do a ton with 4 chords

[KDepew]

I tell folks all the time that you can do a whole lot with 3 or 4 chords and switching up your strumming patterns and dynamics. Here is a quick video with just 4 common chords.

[mr. beaumont]

[KDepew]

Thanks Mr. Beaumont. That is hilarious!

And sorry for typo, the title of this post is supposed to be "a ton"

[B3N]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...IV_progression

That is a good starting point ! You'll need a capo,

And learn the chord progression in different tonalities :

at least :
C, G, Am, F
G, D, Em, C
D, A, Bm, G

With these you avoid using a capo past 4th fret.

and maybe
A, E, F#m, D
E, B, C#m, A

Since they are "open strings" friendly.

[perttime]

With four chords, you don't even need a guitar.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKIye1QSD8U

[TallDrink]

Originally Posted by perttime

With four chords, you don't even need a guitar.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKIye1QSD8U

Oh, man, that made my day!

[Bikewer]

On John Prine's old live album, some heckler shouts out, "You only know three chords!"
John says, "They sound good to me."

[rick-slo]

Who needs four chords? Just have a catchy melody.

[Neonzapper]

Originally Posted by rick-slo

Who needs four chords? Just have a catchy melody.

I wonder how much Aretha enjoyed actually singing along to a recording of Mariah's voice, while standing right next to her?

[TBman]

I have a lot of fun with I IV V progressions and some pentatonic runs thrown in. I usually always sound the same if I improvise on the same day, lol, but my dog doesn't complain.