List of Chord Progressions

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The following is a list of commonly used chord


progressions in music.

Code

Major Major

Minor Minor

Atonal Atonal

Bitonal Bitonal

Ind. Indeterminate

PD Phrygian dominant

Mix. Mixolydian

Name Image

50s
progression

I-vi-IV-V

I–IV–♭VII–IV

I–IV–♭VII–IV.

ii–V–I with
tritone
substitution
(♭II7 instead
of V7) ii-♭II -I

♭III+ as
dominant
substitute
ii-♭III+-I

viio7/V-V-I

(common in
ragtime)
viio7/V-V-I

Andalusian
cadence
iv-III-♭II-I

Backdoor
progression
(front door is
V7)
ii-♭VII I

Bird changes

I viiø-III7 vi-II7 v-I7, IV7 iv-♭VII7


iii-VI7 ♭iii-♭VI7, ii V7 I-VI7 ii-V

Chromatic
descending
5-6
sequence
I-V- ♭VII-IV

Circle
progression

vi-ii-V-I

Coltrane
changes Coltrane changes in C: I-V/ ♭VI
♭VI-V/III III-V I.

Eight-bar
blues
I-V-IV-IV-I-V-I-V

Folia
i V i ♭VII ♭III ♭VII i V i V i ♭VII
♭III ♭VII i-V i

ii–V–I
progression

ii-V I

Irregular
resolution

(Type I: Two
common
tones, two
note moves
V7-III7
by half step
motion)

Montgomery-
Ward
bridge

I-IV ii-V

Omnibus
progression
Omnibus progression.

Pachelbel's
Canon
I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V

Passamezzo
antico

i VII i V III VII i-V i

Passamezzo
moderno
I IV I V I IV I-V I

I–V–vi–IV
progression
I-V vi-IV

Ragtime
progression
V/V/V/V V/V/V V/V V

Rhythm
changes

V/V/V/V-V/V/V-V/V-V I

Romanesca

III VII i V III VII i-V i

Sixteen-bar
blues

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I

Stomp
progression IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-I7
IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-I7
IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-V7/V/V V7/V-V7
I7

Twelve-bar
blues

I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I

I−vi−ii−V

I-vi-ii-V

♭VII–V7
cadence

♭VII-V -I

V–IV–I
turnaround
V-IV I

I ♭VII ♭VI
♭VII
I ♭VII ♭VI ♭VII

IV△7–V7–iii7–
vi
IV△7–V7–iii7–vi in C

Further reading

See also

Last edited 2 months ago by Geoffgeoff

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