Certain progressions have been used thousands of times throughout the history of recorded music, so there’s no reason you shouldn’t use these three popular examples. It might feel like cheating at ...

By using various voicings of the same chord, you can expand your fretboard knowledge and spice up your chord progressions. By using various voicings of the same chord, ...

According to Bennett, Blink-182 has used the Axis Progression in 15 songs, while Avril Lavigne has used it in nine, leading some people to refer to the run of chords as the Pop-Punk Progression ...

THE I-IV-V. Perhaps the most common chord progressions in rock and pop are those that use the I, IV and V chords in various combinations. They’re usually the first three chords you learn on an ...

This is followed by the chords Eb7/Bb to D7/A, both with the 5th in the bass, which creates a warm sound. D7/A is the VI (six) chord, and I approached it from a half step, or one fret, above.

Pachelbel’s ubiquitous cello chord progression has inspired plenty of pop songs – from Kylie Minogue’s ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ to Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. Now we can add to the list: ...

The “doo-wop” progression has appeared in pop music for close to 80 years, and is named because most doo-wop songs feature this chord progression – it was an essential part of its sound.

You’ll find variations of this progression in pop, R&B and jazz. It usually is very hard to mistake a blues song for a country song, even when both are based on the same three-chord progression.