List of chord progressions
Name Sound # of chords Quality
50s progression Play ( help · info ) 4 Major
I-IV- ♭ VII-IV Play ( help · info ) 3 Mix
ii-V-I with tritone substitution ( ♭ II7 instead of V7 ) Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
♭ III as dominant substitute Play ( help · info ) 3 Mix
vii /V-V-I ( common in ragtime ) Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
Andalusian cadence Play ( help · info ) 4 PD
Backdoor progression ( front door is V7 ) Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
Bird changes Play ( help · info ) ? Major
Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence Play ( help · info ) 4 Mix
Circle progression Play ( help · info ) 4 Major
Coltrane changes Play ( help · info ) 6 Major
Eight-bar blues Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
Folia Play ( help · info ) 4 Minor
ii-V-I progression Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
Irregular resolution ( Type I : Two common tones , two note moves by half step motion ) Play ( help · info ) 2 Major
Montgomery-Ward bridge Play ( help · info ) 4 Major
Omnibus progression Play ( help · info ) ? Major
Pachelbel 's Canon Play ( help · info ) 5 Major
Passamezzo antico Play ( help · info ) 4 Minor
Passamezzo moderno Play ( help · info ) 3 Major
See also : List of chords 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
The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music.