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Could I Be Done For Plagiarism?
I've written a song and I didn't realise until afterwards I'd used almost all the chords to Wonderwall subconsciously, but it sounds nothing like it, and the melody I'd sing would be different, and some of the chords are in a different order, etc
Hypothetically, could I potentially be done for plagiarism with this? If so, would the Gallagher brothers punch me
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If it doesn't sound anything like it then I don't think you would
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Well my song goes:
G, G6, Dsus4, A7sus4, D And Wonderwall goes with a capo on the 2nd fret: G6, G, Dsus4, A7sus4 I don't use a capo for a start, and play with a different beat. |
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If the melody is different you'll be fine. Plus Noel isn't exactly guilt free when it comes to a spot of plagiarism.
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boulevard of broken dreams is pretty similar to wonderwall in that respect, moreso than your song and although noel bitched about it no lawsuit ever came of it.
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Well my song goes:
G, G6, Dsus4, A7sus4, D And Wonderwall goes with a capo on the 2nd fret: G6, G, Dsus4, A7sus4 I don't use a capo for a start, and play with a different beat. At a much more prosaic level, you're not likely to have any trouble unless you have a monster hit with it - "where there's a hit, there's a writ" - in which case, good luck. |
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boulevard of broken dreams is pretty similar to wonderwall in that respect, moreso than your song and although noel bitched about it no lawsuit ever came of it.
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No Problem
A chord progression can never be copyrighted otherwise Status Quo and the Beatles would have benn sued off the planet.
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Well my song goes:
G, G6, Dsus4, A7sus4, D And Wonderwall goes with a capo on the 2nd fret: G6, G, Dsus4, A7sus4 I don't use a capo for a start, and play with a different beat. Besides, as others have said, Noel wasn't above a spot of borrowing himself. Even the title 'Wonderwall' comes from a George Harrison song. |
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By Noel Gallagher's own admission in a really old interview he doesn't know himself what the names are of the chords he plays, so no problem. Apparently Aimee Mann congratulated him on the use of an obscure chord or chord change and he said "I don't know what I'm playing, I just put my fingers on the strings and try to make a nice sound", or something similar. Nothing to worry about.
Besides, as others have said, Noel wasn't above a spot of borrowing himself. Even the title 'Wonderwall' comes from a George Harrison song. |
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Yeah Wonderwall Music.
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Think of something like 12 bar blues, which is a standard and well used set of chord progressions - tons of songs have been written using this progression so, no, duplicating chord progressions is definitely not a problem. Only if the melody is too similar might there be an issue. There again, Andrew Lloyd Webber successfully won his case by claimimg that there are only so many note and phrase combinations available, before you inevitably duplicate somewhere or other.
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