Chord progressions

This is a list of the most comon chord progressions. By clicking you may here an example

Dominant | Kadence | II -V - I | Vamp | Complete fifth sequence | Blues | Third progression | Disapointing Cadence | substitution of tritonus

Only dominant

This is the most simple chord progression

D- D - A - D

with roman numbering

I - V - I

Cadence

Cadence means ending.

This progression is very common.

Exemple

D - G - A7 - D

with roman numbering

I - IV - V - I

The swedish song Gärdebylåten is built over cadence

II - V - I

D - em - A7 - D

It is very common jazz practice to add a II-V progression when you want to stuff up your chord progression.

You may practice the II-V-I here

Vamp

Adding one chord in the progression of fifth you get a vampe.

I - VI - II - V - I

f.eks.

C - am - dm - G7 - C - am - dm - G7

Examples: Guantanamera Elefantens vuggevise, Where have all the flowers gone.

Extended Vamp

Her har vi udvidet kvint-sekvensen med et trin. Vi starter på mediant-kkorden (=Dominant paralell - Dp), og så går vi ned en kvint for hvert akkord trin.

I - III - VI - II - V - I

f.eks (klik på link for at høre)

C - em - am - dm - G7 - C

Complete sequence of fifths

I - IV - VII - III - VI - II - V - I

Dur

C - F- hmø - em - am - dm - G7 - C

mol:

am - dm - G - C - F- hmø - E7 - am

Examples:

Autumn Leaves

(gm) | Cm | F7 | Bb | Eb | am7b5 | D7 | Gm

All the things you are.

| Fm | Bbm | Eb | Ab | Db | G7 | C |

Blues

The twelve bar blues is very common in jazz- and rock- and (of course) blues-music

Third proression

If you go one third up or down, you will get two notes common with the coming chord. This gives a good feel in the progression.

For example this progression from The Beatles: "All my loving"

F | dm | Bb | gm | Eb |

Disapointing Cadence

In the disapointing cadence the root chord is replaced with the minor paralell (the submediant)

C | F | G7 | am |

Tritonus substitution

The interesting notes of a 7th chords are the third and the 7th. If you take a seventh chord on the tritone note that is the note between the fourth and the fifth, you will get the same tones but the 7th and the 3rd has switched positions. This fact is sometimes used in order to get the base note to make a chromatical wandering.

| F    | dm  | gm  | C7  |

| am7 | Ab9 | gm7 | Gb9 |