List of chord progressions

The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music.

Code
MajorMajor
MinorMinor
AtonalAtonal
BitonalBitonal in
Ind.Indeterminate
PDPhrygian dominant
Mix.Mixolydian
NameImageSound# of chordsQuality
50s progression4Major
I–V–vi–IV 4Major
I–IV–VII–IV3Mix.
ii–V–I progression3Major
ii–V–I with tritone substitution
(II7 instead of V7)
3Major
ii-V-I with III+ as dominant
substitute
3Mix.
viio7/V–V–I

(common in ragtime)

3Major
Andalusian cadence4PD
Backdoor progression
(front door is V7)
3Major
Bird changes20Major
Chromatic descending
5–6 sequence
4Mix.
Circle progression4Major
Coltrane changes6Major
Eight-bar blues3Major
Folia4Minor
Irregular resolution

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

2Major
Montgomery–Ward
bridge
4Major
Omnibus progression ?Major
Pachelbel's Canon5Major
Passamezzo antico4Minor
Passamezzo moderno3Major
I–V–vi–IV progression4Major
Ragtime progression5Major
Rhythm changes15Major
Romanesca3Major
Sixteen-bar blues3Major
Stomp progression6Major
Twelve-bar blues3Major
I−vi−ii−V4Major
♭VII–V7 cadence
2–3Mix.
V–IV–I turnaround3Major
I–VII–VI–VII3Minor
IV△7–V7–iii7–vi 4Major
VI-VII-I 3 Major

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