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Rock chord progressions

Every Rock progression Adam posts, with the chord shapes, the strum, the groove and what the changes are doing. Open any of them for the shapes and the feel. No account, nothing to sign in to.

  1. E · A · B · A

    I · IV · V · IV in E · 116 bpm

    Three chords, sixty years of garages. If it feels obvious, it is working.

  2. D · C · G · D

    I · ♭VII · IV in D · 126 bpm

    The classic-rock lift. Dropping a whole step and then climbing back is what makes a chorus sound like it opens up.

  3. D · G · A · Bm

    I · IV · V · vi in D · 132 bpm

    Four chords you can sing almost anything over. Adam teaches these early, because once they are under your fingers you have a few hundred songs.