Chord Progression Library

Explore the harmonic building blocks of jazz, bossa nova, blues and beyond — ranked by how often they appear in the song library.

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41 progressions

Blues Blues

Minor Blues Cadenza

♭VI V I

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 7 songs in the library.

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Jazz

Secondary Dominant II-V

II7 V7 I

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 6 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major Cadence

The Jazz Half Cadence

IIm7 V7

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 6 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major Cadence Ii-v-i

The Major Jazz Cadence

IIm7 V7 Imaj7

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 6 songs in the library.

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Jazz Minor

II-V to relative Major

IVm7 ♭VII7 ♭IIImaj7

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 5 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major

Minor Plagal Cadence

IVminor Imaj7

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 5 songs in the library.

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Classical

Tonic Dominant

I7 IV

This is an famous chord progression that appears in 5 songs in the library.

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Classical

Perfect Authentic Cadence

IV V I

This is an common chord progression that appears in 4 songs in the library.

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Jazz Minor Cadence Ii-v-i

The Minor Jazz Cadence

IIm7♭5 V7 Iminor

This is an common chord progression that appears in 4 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major Turnaround

The Turnaround #2

I VI7 IIm7 V7

This is an common chord progression that appears in 4 songs in the library.

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Jazz Chromatic Cadence

Tritone Substitution Jazz Cadence

II ♭II I

This is an common chord progression that appears in 4 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major

Ellington Progression

Imaj7 Imaj7 II7 II7 IIm7 V7 Imaj7

This is an common chord progression that appears in 3 songs in the library.

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Jazz Major

The Turnaround

I VIminor IIminor V7

This is an common chord progression that appears in 3 songs in the library.

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Latin Minor

The Corcovado Progression

Iminor VII°7 ♭VIIminor

This is an common chord progression that appears in 2 songs in the library.

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Pop / Rock

I–II–III (Ascending)

I IIminor IIIminor

This is an known chord progression that appears in 1 song in the library.

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Jazz Major

II-V to relative Minor

VIIm7♭5 III7 VIminor

This is an known chord progression that appears in 1 song in the library.

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Jazz

The Extended Turnaround

IIIm7 VI7 IIm7 V7

This is an known chord progression that appears in 1 song in the library.

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Blues

12-Bar Blues

I7 I7 I7 I7 IV7 IV7 I7 I7 V7 IV7 I7 V7

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Pop / Rock

Andalusian Cadence (Minor)

Iminor ♭VII ♭VI V

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Jazz

Backdoor Dominant

♭VII7 Imaj7

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Jazz

Circle of Fifths (partial)

IIIm7 VI7 IIm7 V7 Imaj7

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Classical

Deceptive Cadence

V7 VIminor

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Pop / Rock

I–bVII–IV (Rock)

I ♭VII IV

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Pop / Rock

I–IV–I–V

I IV I V

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Blues

I–IV–V

I7 IV7 V7

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Pop / Rock

I–V–IV (Rock)

I V IV

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Pop / Rock

I–V–vi–IV

I V VIminor IV

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Pop / Rock

I–vi–IV–V (50s Progression)

I VIminor IV V

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Blues

Minor Blues

Im7 Im7 Im7 Im7 IVm7 IVm7 Im7 Im7 V7(♭9) IVm7 Im7 V7(♭9)

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Classical

Pachelbel Canon

I V VIminor IIIminor IV I IV V

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Jazz Major Blues

Parker Blues

Imaj7 VIIm7♭5 III7 VIm7

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Blues

Quick-Change Blues

I7 IV7 I7 I7 IV7 IV7 I7 I7 V7 IV7 I7 V7

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Jazz

Rhythm Changes Bridge

III7 VI7 II7 V7

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Jazz Major Modal Interchange

The Bill Evans Turnaround

Imaj7 ♭IIImaj7 ♭VImaj7 ♭IImaj7

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Jazz

The Rhythm Changes Progression

I VI7 IIm7 VII7

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Pop / Rock

vi–IV–I–V

VIminor IV I V

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