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by Stableboy on November 5th, 2006
I - III - IV - II - V.
It won't let me get away.
by Talimze on May 10th, 2008
I / I / I / I /
IV / IV / I / I /
V7 / IV / I / I /
That would be a "classical blues" chord progression. I abuse the crap out of that one when I write midi music. I usually put it in EMajor or c#minor....for no real reason at all.
by Roger Kovaciny on November 25th, 2006
The one in Hotel California. Too bad the words are so satanic.
Oh, wait, I'd say that's tied with the one from Nintendo's old Legend of Zelda intro.
by GiraffeyedDonor-ish on May 11th, 2008
Deceptive. >.<
by BigDaddyBS on May 10th, 2008
G-Em-C-D7-G OR, C-D-G-C (sometimes reversed, sometimes shuffled)
With those, or a transposed version of them, you can play 80-90% of all songs out there. THEN you learn to add the diminished, and other chords.
by bingobongo - is really losing interes... on May 19th, 2008
i - II - III - iv
Great progression used in loads of songs from
N*E*R*D "She wants to move" to Stardust "Music sounds better with you"....check it!
by ViciousKoalaBear on June 13th, 2009
I- IV-I-V7-vi.
Common, I know, but it is beautiful.
by what on May 6th, 2008
D-A-C or Em-G-C-Am, SIMPLE YET cool.
by blah3blah3blah3 on May 9th, 2009
I like the one from "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. C-G-Am-F
by gabriela36 on April 4th, 2009
probably the twelve bar blues. Probably because alone, i think it sounds fine. But it's always fun to add passing chords like diminished or suspended. And it's the one chord progression I know the best since I learnt it first.
by supermegarockstar on September 15th, 2007
Ascending...makes a great bridge into solo or final chorus.
by guitarman18 on November 25th, 2006
It goes to Twelfth Street Rag, and I dont have my guitar here so I am thinking it is: D,G, D,G,E,A,E,A,G,G7,C,Cm,D,E,A,D,G,,,,, but I could be wrong.
by Mr. McClister on November 25th, 2006
E-D-C-E....Sounds really cool
by Aristocles on November 25th, 2006
D-G-Bb-C (lowest chord to highest:G-Bb-C-D)gives a pleasant build-up with a wonderful resolve when returning to D.
The Ramones-esque C#-E-A-B (lowest to highest: A-B-C#-E) is similar. Dee-lish.
by asprinkler18 on February 9th, 2007
My favorite has to be F#m - Bm - A - E - F#m - A - Bm - E
or i guess it might be (i don't know the names they're weird) D#G#B - D#F#A# - D#G#C# - D#G#A#D# - G#C#E - G#B D# - G#C#F# - G#C#D#G#
by debsmooth on February 9th, 2007
I don't know the notation for it but it's the riff from Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Gorgeous, elegiac, elegant.
by luigi on June 11th, 2007
I vii iii vi ii v i.......flat 1 repeat in new key until all keys covered.....it's an exercise in hearing all chords and reaching them.....having a favorite chord progression is like having a favorite key.....it's stiflying.....it puts you in a rut, like starting a solo in a scale....you end up playing scaler.....listen to al dimeolas first recordings....strong technique......all scallar and boring
by Shabba on May 9th, 2007
Either something in the key of C or Eminor.
I like playing blues, and soloing through the minor scales. Sounds real nice...
by jpp on May 9th, 2007
i - v- II -III can be repeated over and over without sounding boring.
by warriorsoul on November 25th, 2006
I-VI-II-V-VII-I-II.
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very nice in A min
by gnargnar on November 5th, 2006
Aren't those Capital Roman numerals indicating major notes?
by Aristocles on November 25th, 2006
nope. for instance in c this would be
cmaj emin fmaj dmin gmaj
but i was playing it in amin which is
amin cmaj dmin bdim emin
i could be wrong but that's what they taught me at community college
by gnargnar on November 30th, 2006
I was referring to major mode, yes.
by Stableboy on November 30th, 2006
they are 2 different progressions....?? They start with min or maj alternatively...?
I think caps does denote major, so to me the C one should be:
I - iii - IV - ii - V
by bingobongo - is really losing interes... on May 19th, 2008