Is this the most beautiful chord progression ever written? Play it on your uke!

This classical chord progression can be found in many pop songs.

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If you've been to a wedding you've likely heard it.

If you've heard Maroon 5's "Memories," Green Days "Basket Case," or Aerosmith's "Crying," you've heard it.

This chord progression comes from a classical piece called "Canon in D" it's a standard at weddings now - hasn't always been - it came out of obscurity in the late 60's and by the 70's and 80's everyone was playing it. 

Chamber orchestras were playing "Canon in D" (the original piece) and pop musicians were using the chord progression.

The Canon Progression can now be found in all styles of music.

“The Canon Progression”: I - V - vi - iii - IV - I - IV - V

Here it is in the key of C - these are from my "Secrets of the Chord Chain Books":

Here it is in G:

Try this next time you're writing a song...

You may try it without the 7 chords  (just standard chords as well...

GRAB THE PDF here of the Canon Progression in 4 keys... Right out of the pages of my "Secrets of the Chord Chain" book.

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To learn how to create beautiful chord progressions in any key - get my "Secrets of the Chord Chain" books.

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