Genre

Country chord progressions

American roots music with storytelling and simple harmony

What makes it sound like this

Harmonic fingerprints.

I-IV-V progressions
Major pentatonic
Nashville number system
Walking bass

Where it lives

Common keys.

The tonal centres country keeps coming back to — usually because they sit well on the instruments the style was built on. Each key page carries its full diatonic chord set, and links its relative minor for the darker corners of the genre.

4 progressions

The changes country runs on.

Written in roman numerals, then spelled out in the key of C. Every chord links to its own page; where the pattern has a full progression page of its own, that link is on the card.

Country Two-Step

Full page: I-IV-I-V →

I — IV — I — V

In CC F C G

Classic country progression

Nashville Pop

Full page: I-V-vi-IV (the Pop Punk Progression) →

I — V — vi — IV

In CC G Am F

Modern country-pop progression

Country Waltz

I — I — IV — IV — V — V — I — I

In CC C F F G G C C

Traditional waltz progression

Outlaw Country

I — ♭VII — IV — I

In CC B♭F C

Mixolydian country rock

Go deeper

Progression pages filed under country.

Each one is realized in all fifteen keys of its mode, with audio and the songs that use it.

I-IV-V-IV

I — IV — V — IV

Country / Americana staple.

Vocabulary

The chords that define the sound.

Not just which qualities country reaches for, but those qualities built on the roots the genre actually plays in. Every chord links to its shapes, audio, and voice-leading notes.

Major

Open position chords

Minor

Emotional moments

Dominant 7th

Blues influence

Suspended 4th

Modern country