Differet Styles of Chord Progressions

Summary

Most Popular - I V vi IV

Sad but Uplifting - vi V IV V

The Storyteller - I IV vi V

Bass Player - I ii7 I6 IV

Jazz it Up - I vi ii V

The Journey - IV I6 V

Secondary Dominants - IV V V6/vi vi

Epic - I bVI V

Minor Change - IV iv I

Trap Chords - i VI i v

How to read chord numbering.

Pick the key of the song - That will be "I". The rest move up numerically from I. Capitals are majors and lower case is minors.

ex. If the key is C and the chord progression is "Most Popular" the progression would go - C, G, Am, F.

Watching a documentary on Hair and when they discussed 'Let the Sunshine In' they talked about how the transition from a minor to a major is irrepressibly powerful - the first 5 transitions all do that, as does the Minor Change.

What is this popular progression?

This is a super handy chart for reference.