Share your favorite chord progressions

[neueliteratur]

Hello people,

what are your favourite chord progressions?

Mine for the moment is: IV - III - I - IV

[Musicologo]

IV - III - I - IV does exist? I would think that in fact it is I - VII - V7 - I.

For instance in C, your progression is F - E - C - F, well I Cannot see this as a progression in C.

I rather think of it as F - E - C7 - F in F.


Meanwhile, I kinda like a lot of progressions like

i - bVII - i - bVII4 - bIII - V7 - i
Dm - C - Dm - C(add4) - F - A7 - Dm


i - v - i - v - [IV - V7 - I - I/VII] of bIII - i
Em - Bm - Em - Bm - C - D7 - G - G/F# - Em

[psenior]

I like all the different kinds of blues chord changes, especially minor blues. This was the first sound that I was able to get comfortable with under my fingertips.

I like to practice ii7 - V7 - I7 - VI7 in different keys. It allows you to work on your chord substition skills.

I like the iim7b5 - V7 progression because of the beautiful bebop melodic lines you can play over it. For example, Gm7b5 to C7, you can play Eb7 down to the 3rd of C.

I enjoy learning the correct chord changes to jazz standards. The Real Books have lots of mistakes in them. I have been playing "Autumn Leaves" off and on for a while and have worked out several different approaches to it. First, I'll play it as if I was comping behind a vocalist. Next, I'll play block chords. I will try to sound like George Shearing, then, I will try and sound like Red Garland. It ain't easy; I need lots more practice. I'm just happy that I understand the concepts and can start to get the right sounds now.

[neueliteratur]

I like the iim7b5 - V7 progression because of the beautiful bebop melodic lines you can play over it. For example, Gm7b5 to C7, you can play Eb7 down to the 3rd of C.

What does that mean, "play Eb7 down to the 3rd of C"?

[wrench45us]

'Autumn Leaves' is really the only progression you ever need

esp as psenior mentions the minor ii V I


but
'Look to the Sky' AC Jobim
'Song for my Father' Horace Silver
'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' William Witherspoon, Paul Riser and James Dean (surprisingly not Holland Dozier Holland)
'In My Life' Lennon McCartney

[Km7]

I don't bother with memorizing chord progressions. But the so-called chord stream is a cool shit: I-ii-iii-IV

[Bobbotov]

I always liked the overall progression in Sting's "It's probably Me."



The first two chords are so beautifully haunting: Gmaj7(#5) to G(b5).

[xtp]

Had this one banging around for a few weeks. Needs more added to it.

Dm, Gb7b5, Aø7, Bb13 in 6/4 time

Dm7 also subs for the Dm.

Soundfile

[neueliteratur]

Soundfile

Thanks for your reply, but I don't have the codec to listen to the soundfile...

[xtp]

Soundfile

Thanks for your reply, but I don't have the codec to listen to the soundfile...

Hi, its just a 128kb 44khz mp3.

I play in winamp. I just checked and uploaded another, maybe cubase out put a strange file or something. It worked on my machine but it said it was layer3 acm joint stereo whatever that is. I just converted it to normal mp3.

Try downloading again. I added a underscore to the name.

Soundfile

cheers Shaun

[bstageboss]

+1 on the Sting tune.

[hibidy]

Probably II/V/I

[bugs]

I-I-I

[Melkor]

#viio7 - Im is a more "exotic" spin on V7 - Im ..... and is great for "free" soloing over.

Ive always loved bVI - bVII - Im - Im

I also love the sound of a Major chord descending stepwise to its relative minor, ala C - Cmaj7/B - Am - Am ...... i hear that in lots of songs.


This one here is fun, using a secondary dominant

Am - E7 - Am - E7
F - D7/F# - G - E7/G# - Am - Am ....... notice the chromatic bassline.

[Aleatoriac]

first inversion a minor with unfiltered sine oscillators for about six hours. Just that. Nothing else.

I wonder if it would be considered torture?

No seriously I love me some cliche vi IV I V.