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List of chord progressions

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The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music.

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! Code

bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | MajorMajor
bgcolor="#EFDFCF" | MinorMinor
bgcolor="#EFEFCF" | AtonalAtonal
bgcolor="#CFEFCF" | BitonalBitonal in
bgcolor="#CFEFEF" | Ind.Indeterminate
bgcolor="#CFCFEF" | PDPhrygian dominant
bgcolor="#CFFFAF" | Mix.Mixolydian

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! Name

ImageSound# of chordsQuality
50s progressionImage:50s progression in C.pngFile:50s progression in C.mid4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
IV-V-I-vi

|File:IV V I VI.jpg

|File:IV V I VI chord progression audio.wav

| 4

bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
I–V–vi–IV

|File:I-V-vi-IV chord progression in C.png

|File:Vi-IV-I-V chord progression in C.mid

|4

| bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major

I–V–vi–IV progression#I–V–♭VII–IVImage:I-IV-bVII-IV chord progression.pngFile:I-IV-bVII-IV chord progression.mid3bgcolor="#CFFFAF" | Mix.
ii–V–I progressionImage:Ii-V-I turnaround in C.pngFile:Ii-V-I turnaround in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
ii–V–I with tritone substitution
({{music|b}}II7 instead of V7)		File:Tritone substitution ii-subV-I.pngFile:Tritone substitution ii-subV-I.ogg3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
ii-V-I with augmented chord as dominant
substitute		File:BIII+ as dominant substitute.pngFile:BIII+ as dominant substitute.mid3bgcolor="#CFFFAF" | Mix.
diminished seventh chord/V–V–I

(common in ragtime)

|File:Viio7 of V-V-I chord progression.png

File:Viio7 of V-V-I chord progression.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Andalusian cadenceImage:Phrygian Andalusian cadence.pngFile:Simple Andalusian cadence.mid4bgcolor="#CFCFEF" | PD
Backdoor progression
(front door is V7)		Image:Backdoor progression in C.pngFile:Backdoor progression in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Bird changesImage:Bird Blues in Bb.pngFile:Bird Blues in Bb.mid20bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Chromatic descending
5–6 sequence		Image:Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence.pngFile:Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence.mid4bgcolor="#CFFFAF" | Mix.
Circle progressionImage:Vi-ii-V-I in C.pngFile:Vi-ii-V-I in C.mid4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Coltrane changesImage:Coltrane changes.pngFile:Coltrane changes.mid6bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Eight-bar bluesFile:Eight-bar blues block chords.pngFile:Eight bar blues.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
FoliaImage:Later Folia.pngFile:Later Folia.mid4bgcolor="#EFDFCF" | Minor
Irregular resolution

(Type I: Two common tones, two note moves by half step motion)

|Image:Irregular resolution I.png

File:Irregular resolution I.mid2bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Montgomery–Ward
bridge		Image:Montgomery-Ward bridge in C.pngFile:Montgomery-Ward bridge in C.mid4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Omnibus progressionImage:Omnibus progression.pngFile:Omnibus progression.mid?bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Pachelbel's CanonImage:Pachelbel Canon bass line (quarter notes).svgFile:Pachelbel Canon bass line (quarter notes).mid5bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Passamezzo anticoImage:Passamezzo antico.pngFile:Passamezzo antico.mid4bgcolor="#EFDFCF" | Minor
Passamezzo modernoImage:Gregory Walker root progression.PNGFile:Gregory Walker progression in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
I–V–vi–IV progressionImage:I-V-vi-IV chord progression in C.pngFile:I-V-vi-IV chord progression in C.mid4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Ragtime progressionImage:Ragtime progression in C.pngFile:Ragtime progression in C.mid5bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Rhythm changesImage:Rhythm changes in C.pngFile:Rhythm changes in C.mid15bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
RomanescaImage:Romanesca.pngFile:Romanesca.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Sixteen-bar bluesFile:Sixteen-bar blues block chords tonic in C.pngFile:Sixteen bar boogie-woogie blues in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Stomp progressionFile:Stomp progression block chords in C.pngFile:Stomp progression block chords.mid6bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
Twelve-bar bluesFile:Twelve bar blues in C.pngFile:Twelve bar boogie-woogie blues in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
I−vi−ii−VImage:I-vi-ii-V turnaround in C.pngFile:I-vi-ii-V turnaround in C.mid4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
♭VII–V7 cadenceFile:BVII-V7 cadence in C.pngFile:BVII-V7 cadence in C.mid
File:BVII-V7 cadence in C with resolution.mid		2–3bgcolor="#CFFFAF" | Mix.
V–IV–I turnaroundImage:V-IV-I turnaround in C.pngFile:V-IV-I turnaround in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
I–{{music|b}}VII–{{music|b}}VI–{{music|b}}VIIFile:I bVII bVI bVII in C.pngFile:I bVII bVI bVII in C.mid3bgcolor="#EFDFCF" | Minor
IV△7–V7–iii7–vi

|File:IVΔ7-V7-iii7-vi chord progression in C.png

File:IVΔ7-V7-iii7-vi chord progression in C.ogg4bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major
{{music|b}}VI-{{music|b}}VII-I

|File:BVI bVII I.png

|File:BVI-bVII-I.mid

|3

| bgcolor="#EFCFCF" | Major

Further reading

  • R., Ken (2012). DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B008FRWNIW.

See also

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