Dreamy progression 1 in C major
F · C · Dm · G
IV · I · ii · V
Floating and soft-edged, left hanging on the dominant
Floating, soft-edged, unresolved. These progressions sound floating and soft-edged, usually sit in C major, F major, A minor and E minor and suit a tempo of around 70 BPM. Every chord has a ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.
Generate a new dreamy progression
F · C · Dm · G
IV · I · ii · V
Floating and soft-edged, left hanging on the dominant
Dm · B♭ · F · C
vi · IV · I · V
Floating and soft-edged, built on the four chord loop started from vi, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Am · F · Am · G
i · VI · i · VII
Floating and soft-edged, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Em · D · B7 · C
i · VII · V7 · VI
Floating and soft-edged, a deceptive turn away from home
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 &
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.
Dreamy chord progressions for guitar