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Posted on 04/09/201228/10/2016 by Ugo Onwutalu

The following is a list of chord progressions in music :

Code
M	Major.
m	Minor.
A	Atonal.
B	Bitonal.
I	Indeterminate.
L	Lydian.

Name	Image	Sound	# of chords	Quality
50s progression	A 50s progression in C.	Play	4	M
Andalusian cadence	Andalusian cadence.	Play	4	L
Backdoor progression	Backdoor progression in C.	Play	3	M
Bird changes	Bird Blues in Bb.	Play	?	M
Circle progression	Circle progression [excerpt] in C.	Play	4	M
Coltrane changes	Coltrane changes in C.	Play	6	M
Eight-bar blues		Play	3	M
Folia	Later Folia.	Play	4	m
ii-V-I turnaround	ii-V-I turnaround in C.	Play	3	M
Irregular resolution	Irregular resolution Type I: Two common tones, two note moves by half step motion.	Play	2	M
Montgomery-Ward bridge	Montgomery-Ward bridge in C.	Play	4	M
Omnibus progression	Omnibus progression.	Play	?	M
Pachelbel’s Canon	Pachelbel’s Canon.	Play	5	M
Passamezzo antico	Passamezzo antico.	Play	4	m
Passamezzo moderno	Passamezzo moderno in C.	Play	3	M
Pop-punk chord progression	Pop-punk chord progression in C.	Play	4	M
Ragtime chord progression	Ragtime progression in C.	Play	5	M
Rhythm changes	Rhythm changes in C.	Play	?	M
Romanesca	Romanesca.	Play	3	M
Sixteen-bar blues		Play	3	M
Twelve-bar blues	Twelve-bar blues in C.	Play	3	M
Turnaround (music)	I-vi7-ii-V7 turnaround in C.	Play	4	M
V-IV-I turnaround	V-IV-I turnaround in C.	Play	3	M

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