CIGVAmviFIV
Don’t Stop Believin’ · Love Story · No One
Chord progression
The IV–I–V–vi chord progression
F – C – G – Am in C. 141 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:
FIVCIGVAmvi
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
In every key
Find your song's key on the left: its chords are the row. Each column keeps its colour, whatever the key.
KeyIVIVvi
CFCGAm
DbGbDbAbBbm
DGDABm
EbAbEbBbCm
EAEBC#m
FBbFCDm
F#BF#C#D#m
GCGDEm
AbDbAbEbFm
ADAEF#m
BbEbBbFGm
BEBF#G#m
Songs that go round it
141 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.
AmviFIVCIGV
Despacito · Here I Am · Zombie
GVAmviFIVCI
Grenade · I Will Rise · All I Want
Questions about IV–I–V–vi
What is the IV–I–V–vi chord progression?
A loop of 4 chords: F – C – G – Am 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–V–vi progression?
141 songs in the library repeat it, including See You Again, The Little Things, 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) (arr. Phillip Keveren), Alejandro and Call Me Maybe.
How do I play IV–I–V–vi 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.