I'm tired of searching chords progressions when composing music. So here's my personal dictionary, with official name, and/or sort by subjective emotions and/or music genre. ## How to use ? Each sequence will be written in degrees follow by an example in C major \(or Am depending the mode\). ## Classic ### Perfect ```text I V I C G C ``` ### Modal ```text I Vm I C Gm C ``` ### Broken ```text I V7 VI C G7 Am ``` ### Perfect minor ```text Im V7 Im Cm G7 Cm ``` ### Plagal ```text I IV I C F C ``` ### Plagal half minor ```text I IVm I C Fm C ``` ### Plagal half minor with major relative substitute In C, Ab is the major relative of Fm. ```text I bVIM I C Ab C ``` ### Plagal minor ```text Im IVm Im Am Dm Am ``` ### Picard third ```text Im V7 IM Am E7 A ``` ### Bach The last chords is a combination of perfect and plagal minor. The diminished chord can be replace by any of his transposition \(as the diminished is what we call a ["transposition limited chords"](https://harmoniousapp.net/p/b8/Glossary-Limited-Transposition)\) ```text I bVI° C Ab° ``` ### Complete ```text I IV V7 I C F G7 C ``` ### Complete minor ```text Im IVm V7 Im Am Dm E7 Am ``` ### Complete minor with relative major dominant ```text Im IVm bVII7 Im Am Dm G7 Am ``` ### Avoided We can avoid the `I` by substituting it with any chords that include the top note of a melody. E.G ```text I V7 [bII7M, bVIM, IVm6].sample C G7 [Db7M, Ab, Fm6].sample ``` ### Avoided minor ```text Im V7 bVI7 Am E7 F7 ``` ## Jazz ### II-V-I \(complete with substitution\) We can substitute any `IV` by a `II`. It results in the very popular `II-V-I` ```text I II V7 I C Dm G7 C ``` ### Minor II-V-I \(Complete minor with substitution\) Scale to complete : [Harmonic Minor](Harmonic%20Minor.md) ```text Im IIm7b5 V7 Im Am Bm7b5 G7 Am ``` ### Anatole ```text I VI II V7 (I) C Am Dm G7 (C) ``` ### Anatole with substitution Any II can be substituted with a IV ```text I VI IV V7 (I) C Am F G7 (C) ``` ### Christophe ```text I I7 IV IVm C C7 F Fm ``` ### Christophe with diminished ```text I I7 IV #IV° C C7 F F#° ``` ### Modal minor ```text Im Vm(7) Im Am Em(7) Am ``` ### Modal Chords nature can be change with any hi-lo : `m7`, `m6`, `m9`, `m11` and any combination. ```text Im7 IIm7 Am7 Bm7 ``` ## Reggae ### War As I called it : it's the chord progression of Bob Marley - War. Used in so much reggae... ```text Im bVII Cm Bb ``` ### Happy war Just because the `I` is now major. ```text I bVII C Bb ``` ## Funk ### War dominant We can "dominantize" every `I` chord ```text I7 bVII7 I7 C7 Bb7 C7 ``` ## Pop ### Tonic sus4 ```text I V7 Isus4 I C G7 Csus4 C ``` ### Dominant sus4 ```text I V7sus4 V7 I C G7sus4 G7 C ``` ### Circle of fifth ```text Im IVm VII7 III VI IIm7b5 V7 Im Am Dm G7 C F Bm7b5 E7 Am ``` ### Pop ```text Im VII VI VII Am G F G ``` ### Message in the bottle ```text Im VI VII IVm Am F G Dm ``` ### Magic chords ```text Im VI III VII Am F C G ``` ## Rock ### Celtic ```text I bVII IV I C Bb F C ``` ### Andalusian ```text Im VII(7) VI V7 Am G(7) F E7 ``` ## Brazilian ### Nordestine ```text I II7 I C D7 C ``` ### Napolitana sixth ```text Im IIb7M Im Am Bb7M Am ``` ## Neo soul ### 2 of us ```text VI7M V7 Im F7M E7 Am ``` ### Caldwell ```text VI7M V7 Im IV7 F7M E7 Am D7 ```