AmviFIVCIGV
Despacito · Here I Am · Zombie
The happy mood
The I–V–vi–IV chord progression
C – G – Am – F in C. 266 songs in the library go round it. Hear it in any style and key, and see it in all twelve keys.
Tuning the piano…
Want to mix it with other hands?
The loop
4 chords, round and round, in C. Each chord on the keys:
CIGVAmviFIV
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
In every key
Find your song's key on the left: its chords are the row. Each column keeps its colour, whatever the key.
KeyIVviIV
CCGAmF
DbDbAbBbmGb
DDABmG
EbEbBbCmAb
EEBC#mA
FFCDmBb
F#F#C#D#mB
GGDEmC
AbAbEbFmDb
AAEF#mD
BbBbFGmEb
BBF#G#mE
Songs that go round it
266 songs, best known first. Rest the mouse on one to hear it.
Left hands these songs use
The patterns most often played under this loop.
The same loop, starting elsewhere
The same chords in the same order, begun on another chord: songs often move between them.
FIVCIGVAmvi
See You Again · The Little Things · 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) (arr. Phillip Keveren)
GVAmviFIVCI
Grenade · I Will Rise · All I Want
In the Playground this is the Happy mood. Try it with the pop piano stride piano style.
Questions about I–V–vi–IV
What is the I–V–vi–IV chord progression?
A loop of 4 chords: C – G – Am – F in C. The numerals say each chord's place in the key, so the same loop can be played in any key.
What songs use the I–V–vi–IV progression?
266 songs in the library repeat it, including Don’t Stop Believin’, Love Story, No One, All Too Well and We Fall Down.
How do I play I–V–vi–IV on piano?
Hold each chord with the right hand while the left hand plays its root, then swap in a pattern: engine 8ths is the left hand these songs use most. The player above plays it in any style and key.