What is the definition of chord progression?

Answer 1

A chord progression is sequence of chords that describe or give an outline of the changes in harmony during a piece of music. In tonal music, which is based on a musical key, the chord progression moves the harmony away from the tonal center to create tension and moves it toward the tonal center to create resolution.

In tonal music, chords can be built on each degree of the scale. For example, in the key of C major, the triads (three-note chords) on each degree of the scale are: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim. In the key of D major, the scale-tone chords are: D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, C#dim. The pattern of chord types (major, minor, minor, major, ...) is the same in every major key. The tonal center is the harmony built on the tonic note of the key.

For more elaborate harmony, four-note chords can be constructed on each degree of the scale in the same way. For example, in the key of C major, the seventh chords are: Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7, Bø (that's "half-diminished"). The same idea can be extended to five-note and even six-note chords.

The function of a chord depends on its position relative to the tonic of the key. Chord progressions follow a variety of patterns in which the harmony moves from one chord function to another. Since the pattern of chord types is the same in every major key, the patterns that chord progressions follow are similar in every key.

As a result, musicians find it convenient to remember chord progressions in terms of the chord positions relative to the tonic of the key, rather than the actual chord names. Customarily, Roman numerals are used to represent the relative chord positions. For example, in the key of C major,

• I = Cmaj7
• ii = Dm7
• iii = Em7
• IV = Fmaj7
• V = G7
• vi = Am7
• vii = Bø

So, a very common chord progression can be written as "vi-ii-V-I". That chord progression can be played in any key. In the key of C major, it would be "Am7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7". In the key of D major, it would be "Bm7 Em7 A7 Dmaj7". The chord progression produces the same recognizable movement of the harmony, regardless of the key. If you memorize the chord progression, rather than the chord names, you can play the same tune in any key you wish.

As you learn to play different songs, you will notice that there are some chord progression patterns that occur frequently. By learning which chord changes lead away from the tonal center (create tension) and which ones lead toward the tonal center (create resolution), you will discover how to create your own chord progressions, in any key.

Of course, there's a lot more to it than that. There are various altered chord qualities that can be applied to the different chord types to make the harmony more interesting. There are the chords that are not built on the scale tones, which allow you to take the harmony even farther away from the tonal center. You can also borrow fragments of chord progressions from other keys, to modulate away from the key in which you started, entirely. That gets interesting, because you might not be able to come back by the same route that you left!

Answer 2

A blues chord progression is generally a 12 bar I, IV, V. In the key of E this would be 4 bars of E, followed by 2 of A, 2 of E again, then two of B7, then one of A followed by one more of E. This just repeats for the whole song.

Answer 3

going from 1 chord to another. c f g7 is a nice easy one on a Ukulele.

Answer 4

the order in which chords are played in a piece of music

Answer 5

A II-V progression is known as a half cadence because it ends on a V chord.

Answer 6

A chord progression is a sequence of chords. It was the element for the music in classical period. A typical chord progression for a perfect cadence is iib V I.