Chords for Classic 50's Rock Guitar - The "Oldies" Chord Progression [8.19 Guitar Teacher]

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Hey guys, [Gm] Storm with you from GuitarTeacher [N].com and in this lesson we're going to cover a
chord progression that you've heard for years and you're going to hear it years from now.
I call it the oldies progression because so many classic songs from the 50s were based
on this particular progression.
But you'll hear variations or the [D] exact same progression [D#] used in modern rock and [Bm] songs
like dance and disco songs use this progression.
The progression is _ called a 1-6-4-5 progression. _ _ _
_ Where those numbers come from, if you name the notes of the key that you're playing in,
for instance the key of C that I was [C] just playing, the one chord is the chord built
off the first note which is C.
The sixth [Am] chord is the chord built off the sixth note of the
progression which is a minor chord.
[A] The note is A so we're playing A minor.
[F] And the fourth chord, the fourth note is F major [G] and the fifth note is _ _ G and that's also major.
Sometimes you'll hear this played as a seventh chord as well.
And there's little [Fm] variations you can do.
It's not uncommon to hear the four chord as a minor.
But we're going to play one [G] major, six minor, [A#] four major, five [G] major.
_ _ [F#] _ And let's check it out.
We're going to play it for you in _ five keys.
We're going to bust right through these. _ _ _ _ _
Alright here we go.
We're going to play this in five keys.
The key of C, G, D, A and [B] E.
All classic guitar keys.
So we're going to start here in the key of C and it's going to sound like [C] this.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
So that's the key.
[Am] C, A minor, [F] F [G] major, G major.
_ [B] Alright, now the next key we're going to [G] play _ is the key of [F#] G and that's going to sound like this.
It's going to be G major, [Em] E minor, _ _ C [C] major and D [D] major.
So we'll just [B] transpose this progression from the key of C to the key of G.
It sounds like [G] this. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Alright, the next key you should [N] practice this progression in is the key of D major.
[D] We're going to end up with D [Bm] major, E minor, [G]
G major, [A] A major.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Alright, _ next key, the key of A [G] major.
We're going to [A] play an A major chord, that's the [F#m] one.
F sharp minor is [D] the six.
D major is [E] the four chord.
E major is the five.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And last and certainly [G#] not least, the key of E major.
_ [E] It's going to be E for the one [C#m] chord, C sharp minor for [A] six, A major for [B] four and D major for [E] five. _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ Alright, _ _ [G] real important progression. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Alright, there you go.
The oldies progression in [E] all five keys if possible.
[G] Probably for a lot of you the key of [Em] G will be the [C] easiest for you to play [D] this in at first.
I've really [G] made this sound like one of these 50's oldies type songs by using this particular timing.
Six eighths, _ [Em] this triplet feel.
_ [G] _ _ _ Put it to a straighter time, four chord [Em] time. _ _
_ [G] You've got a lot of other _ _ songs that use that timing and [D] like I said, all it takes is a
different timing or [G#] it's a really good [Gm] progression to train your [E] ear to hear these [B] particular
chords _ and then try and mix up the order of them and you'll write a dozen hit songs
by the weekend I'm sure.
Alright, have fun guys.
This is Storm from GuitarTeacher.com and I will see you next [C] time.