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The following is a list of chord progression

Chord progression

A chord progression is a series of musical chords, or chord changes that "aims for a definite goal" of establishing a tonality founded on a key, root or tonic chord. In other words, the succession of root relationships...

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M	Major chord Major chord In music theory, a major chord is a chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a major triad... .
m	Minor chord Minor chord In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth.When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad.... .
A	Atonal Atonality Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality in this sense usually describes compositions written from about 1908 to the present day where a hierarchy of pitches focusing on a single, central tone is not used, and the notes of the chromatic scale... .
B	Bitonal.
I	Indeterminate.
L	Lydian Lydian Lydian may refer to:* Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language* Lydian script* Lydian mode, one of the modes derived from ancient Greek music* Lydian , a decorative typeface* Lydia, an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia... .

List of musical chord progressions
Name	Image	Sound	# of chords	Quality
50s progression 50s progression The 50s progression is a chord progression and turnaround used in Western popular music. As the name implies, it was common in the 1950s and early 1960s and is particularly associated with doo-wop...			3	M
Andalusian cadence Andalusian cadence The Andalusian cadence is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise. It is otherwise known as the minor descending tetrachord...			4	L
Backdoor progression Backdoor progression In jazz and jazz harmony, the chord progression from iv7 to VII7 to I has been nicknamed the backdoor progression or the backdoor ii-V. This name derives from an assumption that the normal progression to the tonic, the ii-V-I turnaround is, by inference, the front door...			3	M
Bird changes Bird changes The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker , which is a variation of the twelve-bar blues....			?	M
Circle progression Circle progression In music, the circle progression is a chord progression named for the circle of fifths, along which it travels. It is "undoubtedly the most common and the strongest of all harmonic progressions" and consists of "adjacent roots in ascending fourth or descending fifth relationship", with movement by...			4	M
Coltrane changes Coltrane changes In jazz harmony, the Coltrane changes are a harmonic progression variation using substitute chords over common jazz chord progressions...			6	M
Eight-bar blues			3	M
Folia Folia La Folia is one of the oldest remembered European musical themes, or primary material, generally melodic, of a composition, on record. The theme exists in two versions, referred to as early and late folias, the earlier being faster.-History:The epithet 'Folia' has several meanings in music...			4	m
ii-V-I turnaround			3	M
Irregular resolution			2	M
Montgomery-Ward bridge Montgomery-Ward bridge In jazz music, the Montgomery-Ward bridge is a standard chord progression often used as the bridge, or 'B section,' of a jazz standard. The progression consists, in its most basic form, of the chords I7 - IV7 - ii7 - V7. Oftentimes, some or all of the dominants are substituted with ii-V...			4	M
Omnibus progression Omnibus progression The omnibus progression in music is a chord progression characterized by chromatic lines moving in opposite directions. The progression has its origins in the various Baroque harmonizations of the descending chromatic fourth in the bass ostinato pattern of passacaglia, known as the "lament bass"...			?	M
Pachelbel's Canon			5	M
Passamezzo antico Passamezzo antico The passamezzo antico was a ground bass or chord progression popular during the Italian Renaissance and known throughout Europe in the 16th century...			4	m
Passamezzo moderno Passamezzo moderno The Gregory Walker or passamezzo moderno was "one of the most popular harmonic formulae in the Renaissance period, divid[ing] into two complementary strains thus:"....			3	M
Pop-punk chord progression			4	M
Ragtime progression Ragtime progression The ragtime progression is a chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres though its use originated in classical music and spread to American folk music:and its close variants.In C major this is:...			5	M
Rhythm changes Rhythm changes In jazz and jazz harmony, "rhythm changes" refers to the chord progression occurring in George Gershwin's song "I Got Rhythm". This pattern, which forms the basis of countless jazz compositions, was popular with swing-era musicians: It is found in "Shoeshine Boy" and "Cotton Tail" written by...			?	M
Romanesca Romanesca Romanesca was a song form popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It was most popular with Italian composers of the early Baroque period...			3	M
Sixteen-bar blues			3	M
Twelve-bar blues			3	M
Turnaround (music) Turnaround (music) In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section. This next section is most often the repetition of the previous section or the entire piece or song...			4	M
V-IV-I turnaround V-IV-I turnaround In music, the V-IV-I turnaround, or blues turnaround, is one of several cadential patterns traditionally found in the twelve-bar blues, and commonly found in rock and roll....			3	M

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