Mysterious chord progressions for guitar

Modal shadows, minor sevenths. These progressions sound shadowed and unsettled, usually sit in D minor, A minor, G minor and E minor and suit a tempo of around 92 BPM. Every chord has a guitar diagram for standard EADGBE tuning.

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4 mysterious chord progressions to play now

A strum pattern for mysterious 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

Mysterious chord progressions for ukulele

More moods for guitar

• HappyBright major motion, front-porch energy
• SadMinor-led, slow to resolve
• RomanticWarm, tender, close-slow-dance
• EnergeticForward motion, driving strum
• ChillLaid-back, hammock-and-porch
• NostalgicOld-time, folk-song familiarity
• DreamyFloating, soft-edged, unresolved
• TriumphantBroad, major, arms-in-the-air
• TenseCoiled, chromatic, refuses to settle
• PlayfulBouncy, skipping, a bit cheeky