chord progression

English

Noun

chord progression (plural chord progressions)

1. (music) A pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.
   • 2005, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, 2nd edition, Alpha, →ISBN, page 142:

     You don’t have to start with a melody; you can base your tune on a specific chord progression and compose a melody that best fits the chords.

Synonyms

• chord changes

Translations

movement of chords

• Finnish: sointukulku (fi)
• French: grille d’accords (fr) f
• German: Akkordfolge f, Progression f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: コード進行 (kōdo shinkō)
• Polish: progresja (pl) f, sekwencja (pl) f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• circle progression