Bedroom pop progression 1 in C major
C · D7 · G · Am
I · V7/V · V · vi
Hazy and intimate, a secondary dominant pulling into the next chord, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Bedroom pop chord progressions for guitar
Hazy maj7 loops, soft and close. These progressions sound hazy and intimate, usually sit in C major, F major, G major, D major and E minor and suit a tempo of around 86 BPM. Every chord has a guitar diagram for standard EADGBE tuning.
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Bedroom pop progression 2 in F major
Dm · Gm · B♭ · F
vi · ii · IV · I
Hazy and intimate, a soft plagal landing
Bedroom pop progression 3 in G major
G · B7 · Em · C
I · V7/vi · vi · IV
Hazy and intimate, built on the loop that tonicizes vi with its own dominant, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Bedroom pop progression 4 in D major
F♯m · G · A · Bm
iii · IV · V · vi
Hazy and intimate, a deceptive turn away from home
A strum pattern for Bedroom pop songs
One bar of eighth notes. Down arrows are downstrokes, up arrows upstrokes, dots are misses: keep your hand moving through them.
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How to use these progressions
Play each chord for the length shown, repeat the loop, and hum or sing over it until a melody turns up. The Roman numerals under each progression name the chords by their place in the key, so the same pattern works in any key: open it in the generator and change the key to suit your voice. Chord progressions are not covered by copyright, so anything you write over them is yours.
Same mood on ukulele
Bedroom pop chord progressions for ukulele
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- Singer-songwriterFingerpicked, lyric-first, room to breathe
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- FolkFingerpicked, modal, story-telling
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- Pop punkSingalong four-chord choruses, all downstrokes
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