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The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music.

Name	Image	Sound	# of chords	Quality
50s progression			4	Major
IV-V-I-VI			4	Major
I–V–vi–IV			4	Major
I–IV–♭VII–IV			3	Mix.
ii–V–I progression			3	Major
ii–V–I with tritone substitution (♭II7 instead of V7)			3	Major
ii-V-I with ♭III as dominant substitute			3	Mix.
vii/V–V–I (common in ragtime)			3	Major
Andalusian cadence			4	PD
Backdoor progression (front door is V7)			3	Major
Bird changes			20	Major
Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence			4	Mix.
Circle progression			4	Major
Coltrane changes			6	Major
Eight-bar blues			3	Major
Folia			4	Minor
Irregular resolution (Type I: Two common tones, two note moves by half step motion)			2	Major
Montgomery–Ward bridge			4	Major
Omnibus progression			?	Major
Pachelbel's Canon			5	Major
Passamezzo antico			4	Minor
Passamezzo moderno			3	Major
I–V–vi–IV progression			4	Major
Ragtime progression			5	Major
Rhythm changes			15	Major
Romanesca			3	Major
Sixteen-bar blues			3	Major
Stomp progression			6	Major
Twelve-bar blues			3	Major
I−vi−ii−V			4	Major
♭VII–V7 cadence			2–3	Mix.
V–IV–I turnaround			3	Major
I–♭VII–♭VI–♭VII			3	Minor
IV–V–iii–vi			4	Major
♭VI-♭VII-I			3	Major

Further reading

• R., Ken (2012). DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B008FRWNIW.

See also

• List of musical intervals
• List of pitch intervals
• List of musical scales and modes
• Cadence (music)

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