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Not to be confused with that {{Leitmotif}} that accompanies TheReveal ([[IncrediblyLamePun Dun dun DUUUN!]]) Nor should it be confused with the DreadfulMusician, where incompetence rather than simplicity is involved.

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Not to be confused with that {{Leitmotif}} that accompanies TheReveal ([[IncrediblyLamePun ([[{{Pun}} Dun dun DUUUN!]]) Nor should it be confused with the DreadfulMusician, where incompetence rather than simplicity is involved.
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* Music/{{Revenge|Band}} operates on nothing but pure, unadulterated savagery in their music, often lacking ''any'' semblance of melody in their music ''whatsoever''

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* Music/{{Revenge|Band}} operates on nothing but pure, unadulterated savagery in their music, often lacking ''any'' semblance of melody in their music ''whatsoever''''whatsoever''.
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* A large reason for Music/TupacShakur 's fame and belovedness. He was far from the most technically proficient or linguistically sophisticated rapper, and was easily beat by both of those by Music/TheNotoriousBig, but he had an uncomparable stage presence and emotionality.

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* A large reason for Music/TupacShakur 's Music/{{Tupac Shakur}}'s fame and belovedness. He was far from the most technically proficient or linguistically sophisticated rapper, and was easily beat by both of those by Music/TheNotoriousBig, but he had an uncomparable stage presence and emotionality.
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* {{Parodied}} with Music/TheAxisOfAwesome's "Four Chords", which consists entirely of the four chords of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Music/{{Journey|Band}} ("And the cast of Series/{{Glee}}!"), set to snippets of other songs ranging from opera to Music/LadyGaga to [[HypocriticalHumor their song "Birdplane".]]

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* {{Parodied}} with Music/TheAxisOfAwesome's "Four Chords", which consists entirely of [[TheFourChordsOfPop the four chords chords]] of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Music/{{Journey|Band}} ("And the cast of Series/{{Glee}}!"), set to snippets of other songs ranging from opera to Music/LadyGaga to [[HypocriticalHumor their song "Birdplane".]]
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* The Monks. Three chords, feedback, and the truth.

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* The Monks. Three chords, feedback, and the truth. [[note]] Weirdly, the ''other'' Monks (a side project of Music/TheStrawbs) also believed ''strongly'' in this [[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Sideburns'' fanzine, 1976]]

->''"All I've got is a red guitar''\\
''Three chords, and the truth''\\
''All I've got is a red guitar''\\
''The rest is up to you"''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Sideburns'' fanzine, 1976]]

->''"All
[[TheSeventies 1976]].]]

->''All
I've got is a red guitar''\\
''Three
guitar\\
Three
chords, and the truth''\\
''All
truth\\
All
I've got is a red guitar''\\
''The
guitar\\
The
rest is up to you"''you''
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** Music/LouReed's 1975 ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' in particular is an example of this type, being a double-[=LP=] consisting entirely of about 75 minutes of guitar feedback, with no deliberate instrumentation of any kind. In the sleeve notes for the album, Reed claimed to be taking Three Chords and the Truth to its logical conclusion. Reed would later state "I was really serious about it at the time. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs I was also really stoned.]]" Some people returned the album thinking there had been a manufacturing mistake. He also once quipped: "One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." Aside from the aforementioned ''Metal Machine Music'' example, however, this is pure HypocriticalHumour.

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** Music/LouReed's 1975 ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' in particular is an example of this type, being a double-[=LP=] consisting entirely of about 75 minutes of guitar feedback, with no deliberate instrumentation of any kind. In the sleeve notes for the album, Reed claimed to be taking Three Chords and the Truth to its logical conclusion. Reed would later state "I was really serious about it at the time. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs [[QuirkyWork I was also really stoned.]]" Some people returned the album thinking there had been a manufacturing mistake. He also once quipped: "One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." Aside from the aforementioned ''Metal Machine Music'' example, however, this is pure HypocriticalHumour.
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* Gaita Zuliana, a Venezuelan genre of music mostly played during Christmas time, is more of a "Three ''instruments'' and the truth". In a genre that is already ''very'' regionalistic, there is an awful lot of songs praising the "authentic" Gaita song, being it in the old school style ones, or the ones whose only instrumentation are guitar, cuatro, tambora, and furruco. Given that one of the most famous gaita groups is now a salsa orchestra, after dabbling with an experimental stage adding more and more instruments and having his obligatory {{Synthetizeritis}} stage in TheEighties, it's understandable.

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* Gaita Zuliana, GaitaZuliana, a Venezuelan genre of music mostly played during Christmas time, is more of a "Three ''instruments'' and the truth". In a genre that is already ''very'' regionalistic, there is an awful lot of songs praising the "authentic" Gaita song, being it in the old school style ones, or the ones whose only instrumentation are guitar, cuatro, tambora, and furruco. Given that one of the most famous gaita groups is now a salsa orchestra, after dabbling with an experimental stage adding more and more instruments and having his obligatory {{Synthetizeritis}} stage in TheEighties, it's understandable.
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* Obligatory OlderThanSteam example: Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's famous "Ode To Joy," as heard in his Ninth Symphony, has only two measures (of sixteen) that stray outside the Three Chords.

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* Obligatory OlderThanSteam example: Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's famous "Ode To to Joy," as heard in his Ninth Symphony, has only two measures (of sixteen) that stray outside the Three Chords.
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--->'''Music/FreddieMercury:''' This shitty guitar never plays the chords I want it to play. It only knows three chords but let's see what happens. ''and into "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"''

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--->'''Music/FreddieMercury:''' This shitty guitar never plays the chords I want it to play. It only knows three chords but let's see what happens. ''and ''And into "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"''
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* Harsh Noise is music made entirely of static and feedback. "Talent is overrated" is a saying commonly used by harsh noise musicians and fans.

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* Harsh Noise HarshNoise is music made entirely of static and feedback. "Talent is overrated" is a saying commonly used by harsh noise musicians and fans.
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* {{Parodied}} with Music/TheAxisOfAwesome's "Four Chords", which consists entirely of the four chords of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Music/{{Journey}} ("And the cast of Series/{{Glee}}!"), set to snippets of other songs ranging from opera to Music/LadyGaga to [[HypocriticalHumor their song "Birdplane".]]

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* {{Parodied}} with Music/TheAxisOfAwesome's "Four Chords", which consists entirely of the four chords of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Music/{{Journey}} Music/{{Journey|Band}} ("And the cast of Series/{{Glee}}!"), set to snippets of other songs ranging from opera to Music/LadyGaga to [[HypocriticalHumor their song "Birdplane".]]
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* A large reason for Music/TupacShakur 's fame and belovedness. He was far from the most technically proficient or linguistically sophisticated rapper, and was easily beat by both of those by Music/TheNotoriousBig, but he had an uncomparable stage presence and emotionality.
** Similar things can be said about Music/{{DMX}}.
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* Music/{{Revenge}} operates on nothing but pure, unadulterated savagery in their music, often lacking ''any'' semblance of melody in their music ''whatsoever''

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* Music/{{Revenge}} Music/{{Revenge|Band}} operates on nothing but pure, unadulterated savagery in their music, often lacking ''any'' semblance of melody in their music ''whatsoever''

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* DroneMetal one-ups everything in terms of sheer chordlessness. Many songs drag on for half an hour and feature not a single chord.

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* DroneMetal Drone doom one-ups everything in terms of sheer chordlessness. Many songs drag on for half an hour and feature not a single chord.


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* Music/{{Revenge}} operates on nothing but pure, unadulterated savagery in their music, often lacking ''any'' semblance of melody in their music ''whatsoever''

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