

You might recall this specific progression from the chorus of The Penguins’ “Earth Angel.” And, upon first listen, it does have a pinch of sentimentality to it.īut there is a difference between “sad” and “slow,” and ballads like “Earth Angel” are often just slow with a happy chord progression (same thing could apply to The Pussycat Dolls’ “Stickwitu” – not sad, just slow). Try mixing up the order of these four chords yourself and you’ll see exactly what I mean. And in some ways, it is!īut that is the magic of music, that you can cover a lot(and I do mean a lot) of ground with just four chords. Now, in a way, this is just going to seem like a reordering of the same chord progression you’ve already seen.
