TABLE 9. SOME CHORD PROGRESSIONS

SOME CHORD PROGRESSIONS

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See this for an explanation of how these chords are derived. The most common keys of C, D, F, and G have the name of the key, the I, or root chord, and the flats and sharps in blue. Table 2 lists the notes in all the major keys. Table 3 explains how to form major, minor, and diminished chords. Table 9A is arranged so that "adjacent" keys are in adjacent rows.

Table 9. Some Chord Progressions. The names of the most common keys of C, D, F, and G are listed on a white background.

KEY CHORD PROGRESSION

V-I V7-I vii⁰-I ii-IV-I IV-V-I[7] vii-ii I-iii-IV-V

C G-C G7-C B⁰-C Dm-G-C F-G-C Am-Dm C-Em-F-G

Db Ab-Db Ab7-Db C⁰-Db Ebm-Gb-Db Gb-Ab-Db Bbm-Ebm Db-Fm-Gb-Ab

D A-D A7-D Db⁰-D Em-A-D G-A-D Bm-Em D-Gbm-G-A

Eb Bb-Eb Bb7-Eb D⁰-Eb Fm-Bb-Eb Ab-Bb-Eb Cm-Fm Eb-Gm-Ab-Bb

E B-E B7-E Eb⁰-E Gbm-B-E A-B-E Dbm-Gbm E-Abm-A-B

F C-F C7-F E⁰-F Gm-C-F Bb-C-F Dm-Gm F-Am-Bb-C

Gb Db-Gb Db7-Gb F⁰-Gb Abm-Db-Gb B-Db-Gb Ebm-Abm Gb-Bbm-B-Db

G D-G D7-G Gb⁰-G Am-D-G C-D-G Em-Am G-Bm-C-D

Ab Eb-Ab Eb7-Ab G⁰-Ab Bbm-Eb-Ab Db-Eb-Ab Fm-Bbm Ab-Cm-Db-Eb

A E-A E7-A Ab⁰-A Bm-E-A D-E-A Gbm-Bm A-Dbm-D-E

Bb F-Bb F7-Bb A⁰-Bb Cm-F-Bb Eb-F-Bb Gm-Cm Bb-Dm-Eb-F

B Gb-B Gb7-B Bb⁰-B Dbm-Gbm-B E-Gb-B Abm-Dbm B-Ebm-E-Gb

KEY V-I V7-I vii⁰-I ii-IV-I IV-V-I[7] vii-ii I-iii-IV-V

CHORD PROGRESSION

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