List of Chord Progressions
List of Chord Progressions
List of Chord Progressions
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See also: List of chords
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
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
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
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
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