Meanings
nounchord progression (plural chord progressions)
plural chord progressions
- entertainmentA pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.
You don’t have to start with a melody; you can base your tune on a specific chord progression and compose a melody that best fits the chords.
2005, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, 2nd edition, Alpha, →ISBN, page 142Synonyms: chord changes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.
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Translations
Finnish sointukulku
- sointukulkumovement of chords
French grille d'accords
- grille d'accordsmovement of chords
German Akkordfolge, Progression
- Akkordfolgemovement of chords
- Progressionmovement of chords
Japanese コード進行
- コード進行 (kōdo shinkō)movement of chords
Polish progresja, sekwencja
- progresjamovement of chords
- sekwencjamovement of chords
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Chicago
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