Triumphant progression 1 in G major
G · Am · D · G/D
I · ii · V · I
Broad and victorious
Triumphant chord progressions for guitar
Broad, major, arms-in-the-air. These progressions sound broad and victorious, usually sit in G major, D major and C major and suit a tempo of around 108 BPM. Every chord has a guitar diagram for standard EADGBE tuning.
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Triumphant progression 2 in D major
D · G/D · B♭ · C
I · IV · ♭VI · ♭VII
Broad and victorious, built on the ♭VI ♭VII I victory cadence, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Triumphant progression 3 in C major
Dm · F · G · C/G
ii · IV · V · I
Broad and victorious
Triumphant progression 4 in G major
G · A7 · D · G
I · V7/V · V · I
Broad and victorious, a secondary dominant pulling into the next chord
A strum pattern for triumphant songs
One bar of eighth notes. Down arrows are downstrokes, up arrows upstrokes, dots are misses: keep your hand moving through them.
↓ · ↓ · ↓ · ↓ ·
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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
Triumphant 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
- MysteriousModal shadows, minor sevenths
- NostalgicOld-time, folk-song familiarity
- DreamyFloating, soft-edged, unresolved
- TenseCoiled, chromatic, refuses to settle
- PlayfulBouncy, skipping, a bit cheeky