Thanks to the Wishing Well

If not for MeFi Challenge deadlines, I might never actually finish a song. This one has only two chords (D and G). Instruments used, in order of appearance: Autoharp, marimba, marxophone, triangle, glockenspiel, and accordion. [more inside]
posted by Karlos the Jackal on Apr 30, 2009 - 8 comments

Morning

For the April two chords challenge: As usual, a repetitive song. This time written in a slightly confusing time signature. [more inside]
posted by azarbayejani on Apr 30, 2009 - 1 comment

The Last Native Speaker

Languid and lingual. [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace on Apr 29, 2009 - 3 comments

Gone Gone Gone

For the April "two chords" Challenge. The two 3-note chords even share a note in common, so we're talking a total of five notes serving as harmonic accompaniment for this song. Played on the strumstick. There's a hoop drum, too, of indeterminate pitch. I posted a lo-fi, live version of this song to YouTube as well, direct from my 6-mat tatami room at home. You can see it here.
posted by flapjax at midnite on Apr 29, 2009 - 12 comments

Why donchu go

On man.. the first line and the rhythm were written while walking to class three or four years ago in a wisdom tooth Vicodin sunshine. A couple of days before April this year I woke up early some Sunday morning and just started playing the same two 'chords' over and over again (A7#9sus4 (just bar the 5th) and Amaj .. although it probably was closer to Amin/E to Amaj/E). Combine that with a corrupted version of the 'Why don't you move back to Massachusetts!' line from Do the Right Thing and you've got something sounding like early tired Sunday mornings. [more inside]
posted by xorry on Apr 28, 2009 - 1 comment

Ataraxia

'Ataraxia' is Greek for 'tranquility', which is what I was trying to convey with this piece. [more inside]
posted by semblance on Apr 25, 2009 - 3 comments

Frog versus Toad (Are Part Of A Zombie Bot Army From The Future)

Two chords: Em and G. But don't worry. You're not part of the Zombie Bot Army. Because Frog and Toad are. And they're staying up all night drinking and having snacks at a bar with PB. [more inside]
posted by The World Famous on Apr 20, 2009 - 7 comments

In the Morning We Awoke

A song recorded with Synthesizer and guitar. My submission for the two chords competition [more inside]
posted by orville sash on Apr 17, 2009 - 1 comment

Soon

A little two-chord reverie that shuffles around for a bit and then disappears. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Apr 16, 2009 - 10 comments

Everything (is on fire)

This is an old song, but it only uses two chords (well, okay, so there's a third, brief chord, but still), and it's taken me four years to get around to the massive amount of hiss reduction the song required to make it postable. Because I'm lazy.
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Apr 15, 2009 - 14 comments

All Day Long

Very short and perhaps sweet. I've been working on this kind of music for a while and this is a good example of where I'm at with it right now. Two Chord Challenge!!! ENJOY! [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Apr 13, 2009 - 9 comments

Letter & line

For the two chord challenge, though a bit of a cheat because it's more like two notes... [more inside]
posted by freya_lamb on Apr 12, 2009 - 4 comments

Rescuer (cleaner mix)

Finally -- a MeFiMusic Challenge I can do! Or rather have done. I actually posted this song before, but I've since gone back and cleaned up the EQ and gated some of the noise from the vocal. The two chords used are D and E.
posted by NemesisVex on Apr 8, 2009 - 3 comments

Kimo

Am7 + Gm7. My submission to the two chord challenge.
posted by micayetoca on Apr 8, 2009 - 14 comments

You're Not Alone

My contribution to the two-chord challenge. A sleepy little song with fingerpickin' guitar, piano, and some three part "harmony." I experiment a little more with my voice on this one. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Apr 7, 2009 - 15 comments

This Much

A two chord challenge song that EXPLODES! [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on Apr 4, 2009 - 11 comments

I Said It All

For the April "write a song with only two chords" Music Challenge. Brought to you by the chords E and A. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Apr 3, 2009 - 14 comments

Country Death Song

Cover. As requested by ORthey. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Nov 17, 2008 - 14 comments