Common Chord Progressions: Interactive Piano Chart

🎹 Explore various common chord progressions and visualize the notes for each chord on a virtual piano keyboard.

Select a major or minor key using the key selector in the bottom left corner and click the buttons under a chord progression to hear that triad and see the notes highlighted on the piano.

The chords for each of these popular chord progressions is represented using its roman numeral. When playing a chord, you'll also see the notes for that chord appear at the bottom.

You can select to arpeggiate the chords being played on the piano.

Also check out the tool for piano chords and the virtual piano.

key:

note display:

octave of root note:

arpeggiate chords

C3
C♯
D♭
D
D♯
E♭
E
F
F♯
G♭
G
G♯
A♭
A
A♯
B♭
B
C4
C♯
D♭
D
D♯
E♭
E
F
F♯
G♭
G
G♯
A♭
A
A♯
B♭
B
C5

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Common Chord Progressions in the Key of C Major

I - IV - V - I

I - V - vi - IV

ii - V - I

I - vi - IV - V

vi - IV - I - V

I - IV - vi - V

I - iii - IV - V

I - IV - ii - V

vi - ii - V - I

I - V - IV

I - vi - ii - V

iii - vi - ii - V

I - V - ii - iii

Common Chord Progressions in the Key of C Minor

i - iv - v - i

i - VI - III - VII

i - iv - VII - III

i - v - VI - VII

i - VII - VI - v

i - VI - iv - VII

i - iv - i - V

i - iv - v

i - III - VI - VII

i - VII - III - VI

i - VI - VII

i - III - iv - v

i - v - VII - iv

V Chord in Minor Keys

Note the in minor keys the V chord is often major, taken from the harmonic minor scale, instead of the minor v chord found in the natural minor scale .

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