Romantic progression 1 in C major
C · F · G · C
I · IV · V · I
Warm and unhurried
Warm, tender, close-slow-dance. These progressions sound warm and unhurried, usually sit in C major, F major and G major and suit a tempo of around 76 BPM. Every chord has a ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.
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C · F · G · C
I · IV · V · I
Warm and unhurried
F · B♭ · B♭m · F
I · IV · iv · I
Warm and unhurried, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, open ended, built to loop straight back round
Em · Am · D · G
vi · ii · V · I
Warm and unhurried, built on the vi ii V I circle of fifths
C · F · Fm · C
I · IV · iv · I
Warm and unhurried, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, a soft plagal landing
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.
Romantic chord progressions for guitar