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Chord progression

In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural, or simply changes) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western musical tradition from the common practice era of classical music to the 21st century. Chord progressions are the foundation of popular…

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related to Further reading · 42
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related to Minor and modal progressions · 11
Chord progression → Andalusian, Folk, For, I-I, IV, IV-I, IV-I-I, Mixolydian, Similar, VI, VII
related to Simple progressions · 11
Chord progression → Achy Breaky Heart, Alternation, Arab, Diatonic, For, In, Indian, Many, Shout, Such, The Isley Brothers
related to Blues changes · 7
Chord progression → Bird, Blues, Chuck Berry, In, IV, Little Richard, The
related to Progressions · 6
Chord progression → Although, In, Other, Roman, There, These
related to Three-chord progressions · 5
Chord progression → IV, IVI, They, Three-chord, VI
see also · 5
Chord progression → Chromatic, IV, Saharan African, Twelve-bar, Ward
related to Basic theory · 4
Chord progression → Chords, The, Therefore, V7
is a · 1
Chord progression → four-chord Andalusian cadence

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Chord progressionis afour-chord Andalusian cadence0.90text
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minor scales lend themselves particularly well to the construction of common chords because they contain many perfect fifthsinstance ofCommon progressionsSimple progressionsDiatonic scales0.80text
that of the popular 32-bar forminstance ofsuch a passage may be alternated with a different progression to give a simple binary or ternary form0.80text
minor chordsinstance ofI turnaround.chord alterations0.80text
diminished seventhsinstance ofI turnaround.chord alterations0.80text
etc.1950s progressionAudio playback is not supported in your browserinstance ofI turnaround.chord alterations0.80text
Rodgersinstance ofsometimes called the 50s progression or doo-wop progression.This progression had been in use from the earliest days of classical music and then generated popular hits0.80text
Hart'sinstance ofsometimes called the 50s progression or doo-wop progression.This progression had been in use from the earliest days of classical music and then generated popular hits0.80text
the majorinstance ofSimple progressionsDiatonic scales0.80text

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