List of chord progressions
The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music.
Code | |
---|---|
Major | Major |
Minor | Minor |
Atonal | Atonal |
Bitonal | Bitonal in |
Ind. | Indeterminate |
PD | Phrygian dominant |
Mix. | Mixolydian |
Name | Image | Sound | # of chords | Quality |
---|---|---|---|---|
50s progression | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
I–V–vi–IV | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
I–IV–♭VII–IV | ![]() | 3 | Mix. | |
ii–V–I progression | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
ii–V–I with tritone substitution (♭II7 instead of V7) | ![]() ![]() | 3 | Major | |
ii-V-I with ♭III+ as dominant substitute | ![]() | 3 | Mix. | |
viio7/V–V–I (common in ragtime) | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
Andalusian cadence | ![]() | 4 | PD | |
Backdoor progression (front door is V7) | ![]() ![]() | 3 | Major | |
Bird changes | ![]() | 20 | Major | |
Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence | ![]() | 4 | Mix. | |
Circle progression | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
Coltrane changes | ![]() | 6 | Major | |
Eight-bar blues | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
Folia | ![]() | 4 | Minor | |
Irregular resolution (Type I: Two common tones, two note moves by half step motion) | ![]() | 2 | Major | |
Montgomery–Ward bridge | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
Omnibus progression | ![]() | ? | Major | |
Pachelbel's Canon | ![]() | 5 | Major | |
Passamezzo antico | ![]() | 4 | Minor | |
Passamezzo moderno | 3 | Major | ||
I–V–vi–IV progression | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
Ragtime progression | ![]() | 5 | Major | |
Rhythm changes | ![]() | 15 | Major | |
Romanesca | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
Sixteen-bar blues | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
Stomp progression | ![]() | 6 | Major | |
Twelve-bar blues | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
I−vi−ii−V | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
♭VII–V7 cadence | ![]() ![]() | 2–3 | Mix. | |
V–IV–I turnaround | ![]() | 3 | Major | |
I–♭VII–♭VI–♭VII | ![]() | 3 | Minor | |
IV△7–V7–iii7–vi | ![]() | 4 | Major | |
♭VI-♭VII-I | ![]() | 3 | Major |
Further reading
- R., Ken (2012). DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B008FRWNIW.
See also
- List of musical intervals
- List of pitch intervals
- List of musical scales and modes
- Cadence (music)
- v
- t
- e
- Bridge
- Cadence
- Changes
- Constant structure
- Double tonic
- Notation (Roman-numeral)
- Rewrite rules
- Turnaround
of chords
Three | |
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Four |
List of chord progressions