Chord progressions

[whitelizard]

I'm looking for some common chord progressions that is good for learning. Can anyone share some good progressions, or a nice resource perhaps?

[samasap]

If you learn all the MAJOR and MINOR CHORDS, you can usually work out some good songs or melodies from these.

A 12 bar blues is a nice chord progression, A SIMPLE WAY TO LEARN THIS TO START WITH IS TO DO IT IN THE KEY OF C.

The STRUCTURE OF IT IS LIKE THIS: -
CMAJOR, CMAJOR, C MAJOR, C MAJOR (NOTES IN CMAJOR CHORD ARE C E G)
F MAJOR, F MAJOR, C MAJOR, C MAJOR (NOTES IN F MAJOR ARE F A C)
GMAJOR, F MAJOR C MAJOR, CMAJOR (NOTES IN G MAJOR ARE G B D)

With a 12 bar blues, just get a QUAVER RHYTHM GOING IN THE RIGHT HAND, SO 1+2+3+4+, and with your left hand you could do CROTCHET RHYTHM on the 1 2 3 4 beats.

To work out MAJOR chords you do the following - Start on your ROOT NOTE, so we can say C, and you will climb up FOUR SEMITONES, to the right of your starting note, so you SHOULD now have E, and your second note in the chord, and then you climb up a further THREE SEMITONES, to get to your last note in the chord....this will be G.

For MINOR chords, you use the same formula as you do to work out MAJOR but you do it around the other way, so start on your ROOT NOTE, and climb up THREE SEMITONES, then climb up FOUR SEMITONES...
So if you were working out C MINOR, you should have C EB AND G, for your chord.

Hope this helps get you started with chords.

[lostinidlewonder]

Learn all of the cadences out there in all keys too.

[cosz]

I too wanted recently to learn a chord progression so i made a list of some chords that i like

personally i like jazzy chords

i.e. m7s , M7s , half diminished  7s, +7s,

so i came up with this progression

CM7 , Dm7 , FM7 , D half diminished 7th ,

CM7 , Am7 , B augmented , G .

with these simple chords and some imagination you can improvise for hours!!!
(you could also make your own list with chords that u like and mix them up )

if you want any help with these chords just visit my blog and ask me about anything

https://piano-discussions.blogspot.com/

(also check out this simple improvisation i did with some of the chords i mentioned)

[whitelizard]

Thank you. The reason I asked was to improve my website with good chord progressions for practice. I would love some feedback and suggestions on more chord progressions to add!

https://www.chordpractice.com

[cosz]

I too wanted recently to learn a chord progression so i made a list of some chords that i like

personally i like jazzy chords

i.e. m7s , M7s , half diminished  7s, +7s,

so i came up with this progression

CM7 , Dm7 , FM7 , D half diminished 7th ,

CM7 , Am7 , B augmented , G .

with these simple chords and some imagination you can improvise for hours!!!
(you could also make your own list with chords that u like and mix them up )


(also check out this simple improvisation i did with some of the chords i mentioned)

[susanleky]

I'm decided.

[pianoladywong]

Here are some common chord progressions:

1. I-ii-V-I (In the Key of C:   C major- D minor – G major – C major)
2. I-IV-V-I (In the Key of F:  F major- Bb major – C major – F major)
3. iii-iv-ii-V-I (In the Key of D: F# minor – B minor – E minor – A major – D major)
4. I-iv-IV-V-I (In the Key of C: C major – A minor – F major – G major)
5. I-vi-ii-V-I
(In the Key of E: E major – C# minor – F# minor – B major)
6. IV-vi-V-I
(In the key of Bb: Eb major-G minor- F major- Bb major)
7. V-vi-iii-IV-I
(In the key of A: E major - F# minor – C# minor- D major – A major)
You might want to consider buying a fake book. It offers chords and melodies to different songs. It may be a good place to start.

[lovettmusic]

Learn your chords and inversions, and the degrees of the scale. You'll probably be playing within a I-IV-V progression, so I recommend playing in the key of C or G; C meaning the progression C-F-G, or G meaning G-C-D. Relative minors are great to utilize when you're playing with chords. Look up your cadences.