List of chord

progressions

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

Code
Major Major
Minor Minor
Atonal Atonal
Bitonal Bitonal
Ind. Indeterminate
PD Phrygian dominant
Mix. Mixolydian
 # of
Name Image Sound Quality
chords

50s progression 0:00 / 0:00 4 Major

I-vi-IV-V

I–IV–♭VII–IV 0:00 / 0:00 3 Mix.

I–IV–♭VII–IV.

ii–V–I with tritone

substitution
0:00 / 0:00 3 Major
(♭II7 instead of V7)
ii-♭II -I

♭III+ as dominant
0:00 / 0:00 3 Mix.
substitute
ii-♭III+-I

viio7/V-V-I 3 Major
0:00 / 0:00
(common in ragtime)
 viio7/V-V-I

Andalusian cadence 0:00 / 0:00 4 PD

iv-III-♭II-I

Backdoor progression
0:00 / 0:00 3 Major
(front door is V7)

ii-♭VII I

Bird changes 0:00 / 0:00 ? Major

I viiø-III7 vi-II7 v-I7, IV7 iv-

♭VII7 iii-VI7 ♭iii-♭VI7, ii V7
I-VI7 ii-V

Chromatic descending
4 Mix.
0:00 / 0:00
5-6 sequence

I-V-♭VII-IV
Circle progression 0:00 / 0:00 4 Major

vi-ii-V-I

Coltrane changes 0:00 / 0:00 6 Major

Coltrane changes in C: I-
V/♭VI ♭VI-V/III III-V I.

Eight-bar blues 0:00 / 0:00 3 Major

I-V-IV-IV-I-V-I-V

Folia 0:00 / 0:00 4 Minor

i V i ♭VII ♭III ♭VII i V i V i
♭VII ♭III ♭VII i-V i

ii–V–I progression 3 Major

0:00 / 0:00

ii-V I
Irregular resolution

(Type I: Two common

0:00 / 0:00 2 Major
tones, two note moves by
half step motion) V7-III7

Montgomery-Ward

0:00 / 0:00 4 Major

bridge

I-IV ii-V

Omnibus progression 0:00 / 0:00 ? Major

Omnibus progression.

Pachelbel's Canon 0:00 / 0:00 5 Major

I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V

Passamezzo antico 4 Minor

0:00 / 0:00
 i VII i V III VII i-V i

Passamezzo moderno 0:00 / 0:00 3 Major

I IV I V I IV I-V I

I–V–vi–IV progression 0:00 / 0:00 4 Major

I-V vi-IV

Ragtime progression 0:00 / 0:00 5 Major

V/V/V/V V/V/V V/V V

Rhythm changes 0:00 / 0:00 ? Major

V/V/V/V-V/V/V-V/V-V I

Romanesca 3 Major
0:00 / 0:00
 III VII i V III VII i-V i

Sixteen-bar blues 0:00 / 0:00 3 Major

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I

Stomp progression 0:00 / 0:00 6 Major

IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-I7

IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-I7

IV7-#ivdim7 I7/5-V7/V/V
V7/V-V7 I7

Twelve-bar blues 0:00 / 0:00 3 Major

I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I

I−vi−ii−V 4 Major
0:00 / 0:00
 I-vi-ii-V

0:00 / 0:00

♭VII–V7 cadence
2-3 Mix.

♭VII-V -I 0:00 / 0:00

V–IV–I turnaround 0:00 / 0:00 3 Major

V-IV I

I ♭VII ♭VI ♭VII 0:00 / 0:00 3 Minor

I ♭VII ♭VI ♭VII

IV△7–V7–iii7–vi 0:00 / 0:00 4 Major

IV△7–V7–iii7–vi in C

Further reading
 R., Ken (2012). DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc.,
ASIN: B008FRWNIW.

See also

List of musical intervals

List of pitch intervals

List of musical scales and modes

Cadence (music)

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