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Instrument

Chord Progressions

Axis progression

Examples: Let it be, Take on me, Someone like you, Don't step believin', Can you feel the love tonight, Let it go
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C
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G
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Am
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F

Other axis progression

Examples: Numb - Linkin Park, Kids - MGMT, Africa - Toto, Rivers flow in you (piano thingy), Complicated - Avril Lavigne, Grenade, San Francisco, Save tonight
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Am
IV
F
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C
V
G

Third axis progression

Examples: What's my age again?, Umbrella - Rihanna, Dragosta Din Tei, Boulevard of broken dreams (chorus), Alejandro - Lady Gaga
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F
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C
V
G
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Am

Andalusian cadence

Examples: Hit the road Jack, Good vibrations - The Beach boys, Happy together, Vanina
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Cm
bVII
A#
bVI
G#
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G

Aeolian vamp

Examples: Rolling in the deep, All along the watchtower, Stairway to heaven, My hear will go on, Somebody that I used to know
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Cm
bVII
A#
bVI
G#
bVII
A#

Doo-Woop change

Examples: I will always love you, Crocodile rock, Let's twist again, Baby - Justin Bieber
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C
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Am
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F
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G

Major scale vamp

Examples: Your body is a wonderland, All the small things - Blink 182
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C
V
G
IV
F
V
G

Mixolydyan vamp

Examples: Hey Jude (Lalalalaa), Sympathy for the devil, Sweet child o' mine, Royals - Lorde, Sweet home Alabama
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C
bVII
A#
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F
V
G

pachelbel's cannon

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C
V
G
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Am
iii
Em
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F
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C
IV
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G

Plagal cascade

Examples: Wonderwall, Boulevard of broken dreams (couplet), Mad world, Pumped up kids, Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
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Cm
bIII
D#
bVII
A#
IV
F

"Can't stop" progression

Examples: Can't stop, Cant't hold us - Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis
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Cm
bVII
A#
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Gm
bVI
G#

"Closing time" progression

Examples: Closing time - Semisonic, SOS - ABBA, Believe - Cher, All star (Shrek)
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C
V
G
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Dm
IV
F

"More than a feeling" progression

Examples: More than a feeling, Mr Brightside - The Killers
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C
IV
F
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Am
V
G

Classic blues slow change

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C
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C
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C
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C
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F
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C
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C
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G
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F
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C
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G

Classic blues quick change

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C
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F
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C
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C
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F
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C
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C
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G
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C
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G

Classic rock

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C
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C
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C
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G
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