Index
Chord Progressions
Twenty classic chord progressions written in numbers so they transpose to any key, each with shapes and the songs they turn up in.
Progressions
- Pop Anthem (1-5-6m-4)
- Rock / Country / Blues Backbone (1-4-5)
- 50s / Doo-Wop (1-6m-4-5)
- Rhythm Changes Turnaround (1-6m-2m-5)
- Bittersweet Loop (6m-4-1-5)
- Rock Riff (1-b7-4)
- Canon Progression (1-5-6m-3m-4-1-4-5)
- ii-V-I Turnaround (2m-5-1)
- 12-Bar Blues (1-1-1-1-4-4-1-1-5-4-1-1)
- Blues Turnaround (1-4-1-5-1)
- Neo-Soul Descent (3m-6m-2m-5)
- Lo-Fi Loop (6m-2m-5-1)
- Dark Trap / Hip-Hop (6m-4-2m-3m)
- Descending Minor (6m-5-4-3m)
- Andalusian Cadence (6m-5-4-3)
- Haunted Blues (6m-2m-3m)
- Tense Minor (6m-2m-3m-6m)
- Major-Two Lift (V-of-V) (1-2-4-1)
- Dorian Vamp (6m-2)
- Major-Third Lift (1-3-4-4m)
- Circle of Fifths (1-4-7dim-3m-6m-2m-5-1)
- Plagal "Amen" Cadence (4-1)
- Deceptive Cadence (1-6m-4-5-6m)
- Two-Chord Vamp (1-5)