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theminivann

Hey /r/music, share some of your favourite chord progressions.

Aside for I V vi IV, that is. Whether you admit it or not, you like it :P

So now that that's out of the way, here are some of mine:

i vii° III VII

iim7 IV7 VIadd9 V7

vi V7/vi Vsus2 vii°/V IV I iim7 V7/vi

That first one is just one I fooled around with to get. The second one was also one I started playing myself, but it turns out it's from... a John Mayer song? [I don't know, I don't really listen to him]. And that last one, behind all of those Roman numerals, is just the progression for Hotel California - I'm a huge fan of progressions involving chromatic basslines.

So r/music, what progressions do you like? Even if you know nothing about Theory, list a song that has a progression that you like. And for those that do know Theory, try to give us Roman numerals and maybe we can all add new things to our arsenal!

Posted Dec 4, 2009, 6:07 PM UTC

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