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06-03-2005, 02:02 PM
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would my band be breaking any laws if we took the 4 chords from a song, but just changed the strumming pattern even if it does kinda sound the same?
This is for a recording too....not just live.
Chords cant be copyrighted can they?
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06-03-2005, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Yeah thats legal. If chord progressions were copyrighted, every rock band in the world would be in jail. |
06-03-2005, 10:27 PM
|  | Mayday! Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jackson, MS | | | Listen to Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" and then listen to Green Day's "Brain Stew". It is the same exact chords, same or similar tempo, and same exact phrasing.
If Chicago couldn't do something about that, I'm sure however you are "borrowing" from can't do a damn thing about you altering their song. |
06-03-2005, 10:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI | | | if Em C G D were copyrighted, we'd have about 50% of the music we do now.
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06-03-2005, 11:01 PM
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06-03-2005, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by abark000 Listen to Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" and then listen to Green Day's "Brain Stew". It is the same exact chords, same or similar tempo, and same exact phrasing. |
Same goes for Papa Roach's last resort.
Yeah, don't worry about using 4 chords over and over again... Nickelback is making quite the career out of it.
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06-04-2005, 01:37 AM
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06-04-2005, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Till Yeah, don't worry about using 4 chords over and over again... Nickelback is making quite the career out of it. | And they stole it from Metallica... 
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06-04-2005, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Martensville, Sask | | | yeah, but these are the same 4 chords, and it sounds quite similar to another song haha
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06-06-2005, 02:40 PM
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06-06-2005, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | The only parts of a song that are copyrightable are the melody and lyrics. You can use the same meldoic phrase up to the end of the 7th bar, it becomes plagiarism on the first note of the 8th bar.
Chord progressions do not identify the song. There are any number of pieces of musci that share similar if not the same harmony, you can't tell which one I'm playing just by hearing the chords.
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06-06-2005, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by msquared |
what the f##k, i hate metallica they are greedy self obsesed a#s holes, how can u sue over two chords that doesnt make sense. theyll be laughed out of court.
im gonna make a song now with e and f and send it to them  |
06-06-2005, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by msquared | Jesus Christ. I so hope that is a joke O.o |
06-06-2005, 07:12 PM
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06-06-2005, 07:50 PM
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06-06-2005, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | but behind the joke lies the blah blah woof woof.
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06-07-2005, 05:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | You'd better not mean Dm based off of a dorian, or Miles' Ghost will be after you for blood and money!
I'm kinda partial to the ol' F#mMA7.
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06-08-2005, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by msquared | Haha, Lars is a sue happy bastard!
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