Chord progressions

Jazz is often ii V I

Rock and blues are often I IV V, rock will often throw in a ii, a iv, and sometimes a iii. Of course, there are sometimes borrowed chords and secondary dominants, but you'll come across them when you get to them.

Twenty billion and nine pop songs use I, vi, IV, V

Don't believe me? Count them

A :-)

... and twenty billion and eight songs use the slightly lesser known I-vi-ii-V progression.

Both of them are used extensively in '50s ballads, especially in doo-wop songs.

Have a look at Olaf Torvund's messily laid out, but extremely informative guitar site.

The guitar progression part is here:

http://www.torvund.net/guitar/progressions/index.asp

Money Chords is also good, but contains a lot of links to Olaf:

http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/lesson.html

The -ii- can be used as a substitute for the -IV- as there's only one note difference, and the I-vi-ii-V sequence becomes a ii-V-I.

There you go - chord progressions and substitutions without pain.

Best,

A :-)

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Thanks guys that really helped!!!!

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