Chord Progressions
📋 What it is
A chord progression is a sequence of chords; a few common progressions power thousands of songs.
🗣️ Coach says
Songs move through a SEQUENCE of chords — a chord PROGRESSION. A handful of common progressions appear in thousands of songs across every genre, because they just sound satisfying. Learn a few progressions and you can play along with a huge amount of music.
🧠 Memory hook
Chord progression = a sequence of chords. A few common ones power thousands of songs.
😂 Giggle
What did the tempo say to the drummer?
"You're really keeping me on track!"
😲 Whoa!
One famous four-chord progression is behind an enormous number of hit songs — you can often play along with dozens of them using the same four chords.
✅ Quick check: What is a "chord progression"?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A sequence of chords played in order — the harmonic backbone a song moves through.
A progression is the ordered series of chords that gives a song its harmonic path.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Notice how a song moves between a few repeating chords — that repeating set is its progression.