chord progression
Song's tonal backbone
A chord progression is a sequence of chords forming the harmonic foundation of a piece of music.
In popular music, certain progressions recur constantly—the I-IV-V-I pattern underlies countless rock and blues songs.
Musicians learn common progressions to accompany melodies, improvise, or compose: The song uses a simple four-chord progression.
Invigorating medicinal drink
- dominantHaving superior influence
- subdominantFourth scale degree
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
voicing · inversion · consonance · dissonance · triad · seventh · ninth · eleventh
Recurring arrangement or template
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- loopCurve closing on itself
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
flow · order · series · chain · repetition · variation · development · phrase
Curved catching device
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- verse-chorusRecurring song pattern
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
tension · release · emotion · mood · feel · groove · movement · storytelling
tonic
Invigorating medicinal drink
- dominantHaving superior influence
- subdominantFourth scale degree
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
cadence · voicing · inversion · consonance · dissonance · triad · seventh · ninth · eleventh · thirteenth
pattern
Recurring arrangement or template
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- loopCurve closing on itself
structure · flow · order · series · chain · repetition · variation · development · phrase · section
hook
Curved catching device
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- verse-chorusRecurring song pattern
buildup · tension · release · emotion · mood · feel · groove · movement · storytelling · climax
blues
Mournful American music genre
gospel · funk · bossa nova · classical · folk · country · soul · R&B · reggae · Nashville
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- songwritinglyrics, verse, verse-chorus, refrain, song structure
- harmonyharmony, triad, triads, consonance, tonality
- music elementsmelody, harmony vocals, rhythm, beat, lyrics
- music productioncomposing, autotune, synthesizer, producing, arranging
- Doo-WopThe Drifters, The Coasters, Dion, Earth Angel, close harmony
chord progressionatonality
Absence of key signature
noise · silence · dissonance
progression, progressive, progressing, chord, chords, regress, digress, progressed, digression