The post uses Roman Numeral Notations
Sections of this post are:
- Common chord progressions
- 50's and similar chord progressions
- Chord progressions with the 7th Chord
- Circle progressions
- Bar Blues progressions
- Other progressions
Within the original major scale (examples w.r.t C major scale):
I – IV – V:C major – F major – G major
I – vi – IV – V: C major – A minor – F major – G major (aka "50s progression)
I – IV – V – I: C major – F major – G major – C major
I – V – I: C major – G major – C major
I – IV – V – V: C major – F major – G major – G major
I – I – IV – V: C major – C major – F major – G major
I – IV – I – V: C major – F major – C major – G major
I – IV – V – VI: C major – F major – G major – F major
I – ii – V: C major – D minor – G major
I – ii – V – I: C major – D minor – G major – C major
I – vi – IV – I: C major – A minor – F major – C major
I – vi – ii – V: C major – A minor – D minor – G major
Beyond the scale progressions:
ii – V – I: A minor – G major – C major
ii – V7 – I: A minor – G 7th – C major
I – V7 – I: C major – G 7th – C major
I – IV – V7: C major – F major – G7
Circle Progressions:
These progressions are a series of chords from a scale the roots of which are chosen using the circle of 5ths. The chords begin and end on the I chord. Shorter segments are often used.
Raising by 4ths from previous root – I – IV – viio – iii – vi – ii – V – I:
E.g. C – F – Bo – Em – Am – Dm – G – C
Raising by 5ths from previous root – I – V – ii – vi – iii – viio – IV – I:
E.g. C – G – Dm – Am – Em – B o – F – C
Bar Blues:
These are some of the commonest progressions in modern western music. The common types are 8-bar blues, 12-bar blues, 16-bar blues and 32-bar blues. These are music from songs and the number indicates how many verses it takes for the pattern of chords to repeat itself. Thus an eight bar can easily become a 16 bar by slight manipulation of the meters and time signature. Time signatures mentioned below are not always binding, but the final number of beats per progression is. Blues meters are not so hard and fast. The common forms are –
8-bar blues: It has eight measures of 4/4 time, or its equivalent total time, per chord progression cycle. E.g.:
|I |I | IV|IV|I |V|I – IV|I – V|,
|I |I |I |I|IV|V|I |V|
|I |I |I |I|IV|IV|V|I|
12-bar blues: It has twelve measures of 4/4 time, or its equivalent total time, per chord progression. These are basic progressions of pop music
|I |I |I |I |IV|IV|I |I |V|IV|I |I |
|I |IV|I |I7|IV|IV7|I|I7|V|IV|I |I7|
Others:
I – vi – ii – V: C major – A minor – D minor – G major
I – ii – vi – |IV – V|: C – Dm – Am – |F – G|
I |VI7|ii |ii |IV-VII|I-VI7|ii7-V7 |I || - Stomp progression
E7 – A7 – D7 – G7 – C: Ragtime progression
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