Lo-fi progression 1 in F major
F · B♭ · B♭m · F
I · IV · iv · I
Dusty and late-night, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Lo-fi chord progressions for ukulele
Jazzy seventh loops, slow and warm. These progressions sound dusty and late-night, usually sit in F major, C major, D minor, A minor and E minor and suit a tempo of around 76 BPM. Every chord has a ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.
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4 Lo-fi chord progressions to play now
Lo-fi progression 2 in C major
C · F · Fm · C
I · IV · iv · I
Dusty and late-night, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Lo-fi progression 3 in D minor
Dm · B♭ · F · C
i · VI · III · VII
Dusty and late-night, built on the natural minor i VI III VII loop, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Lo-fi progression 4 in A minor
Dm · Am · E7 · F
iv · i · V7 · VI
Dusty and late-night, a deceptive turn away from home
A strum pattern for Lo-fi 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 guitar
Lo-fi chord progressions for guitar
More genres for ukulele
- PopFour-chord loops, big hooks
- R&BSmooth, slow-moving, lots of colour
- ReggaetónMinor four-chord loop over a dembow pulse
- Latin popBright loops with a montuno lilt
- K-popMaximal pop, key lifts and borrowed colour
- IndieModal, jangly, a little off-centre
- Alt rockRiff-led and minor-leaning, ♭VII and ♭VI bite
- Bedroom popHazy maj7 loops, soft and close
- Singer-songwriterFingerpicked, lyric-first, room to breathe
- CountryBoom-chick, I IV V, walking bass
- Música mexicanaCorrido and banda, a vals lilt in three
- BluesDominant sevenths, 12-bar turnarounds
- FolkFingerpicked, modal, story-telling
- ReggaeOff-beat skank, nothing on the one
- Pop punkSingalong four-chord choruses, all downstrokes
- GospelPassing dominants, plagal amens