TABLE 9. SOME CHORD PROGRESSIONS

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Notes All Major Keys
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Chord Formulas
Major, Minor, Dim, Aug Chords

5^th, Sus 2nd, Sus 4^th Chords
7^th Chords: Dominant, Maj, Min
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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 9 is arranged so that keys are listed alphabetically.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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