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Red, Red Wine · If I Only Had A Brain · Starlight Express
Chord progression
The IV–I–ii–I chord progression
F – C – Dm – C in C. 53 songs in the library go round it. Hear it in any style and key, and see it in all twelve keys.
Tuning the piano…
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The loop
4 chords, round and round, in C. Each chord on the keys:
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- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
In every key
Find your song's key on the left: its chords are the row. Each column keeps its colour, whatever the key.
KeyIVIiiI
CFCDmC
DbGbDbEbmDb
DGDEmD
EbAbEbFmEb
EAEF#mE
FBbFGmF
F#BF#G#mF#
GCGAmG
AbDbAbBbmAb
ADABmA
BbEbBbCmBb
BEBC#mB
Songs that go round it
53 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.
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Uptown Girl · Longer · How Deep The Father’s Love For Us
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Breathe · Jesus, What A Beautiful Name · Reeling In The Years
Questions about IV–I–ii–I
What is the IV–I–ii–I chord progression?
A loop of 4 chords: F – C – Dm – C 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 IV–I–ii–I progression?
53 songs in the library repeat it, including They Can't Take That Away From Me, God Only Knows, Homeward Bound, Exhale (Shoop Shoop) and Philadelphia Freedom.
How do I play IV–I–ii–I on piano?
Hold each chord with the right hand while the left hand plays its root, then swap in a pattern: power fifths is the left hand these songs use most. The player above plays it in any style and key.