CIGVAmviFIV
Don’t Stop Believin’ · Love Story · No One
The dreamy mood
The vi–IV–I–V chord progression
Am – F – C – G in C. 176 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:
AmviFIVCIGV
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
In every key
Find your song's key on the left: its chords are the row. Each column keeps its colour, whatever the key.
KeyviIVIV
CAmFCG
DbBbmGbDbAb
DBmGDA
EbCmAbEbBb
EC#mAEB
FDmBbFC
F#D#mBF#C#
GEmCGD
AbFmDbAbEb
AF#mDAE
BbGmEbBbF
BG#mEBF#
Songs that go round it
176 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 Dreamy mood. Try it with the ballad piano bossa nova piano lullaby piano in 6/8 style.
Questions about vi–IV–I–V
What is the vi–IV–I–V chord progression?
A loop of 4 chords: Am – F – C – G 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 vi–IV–I–V progression?
176 songs in the library repeat it, including Despacito, Here I Am, Zombie, I Will Follow and River Flows In You.
How do I play vi–IV–I–V 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.