The pop progression
I – V – vi – IVI – V – vi – IV: the progression of hundreds of hits. In G, it only needs open chords. Beginner
Level 1 of 5
Beginner guitar: the first chords.
Eight open chords are enough to play hundreds of songs: C, D, E, G, A, A minor, D minor and E minor. No barre, open strings ringing, and one basic strum: down, down-up, up-down-up. The goal: change chords without breaking the rhythm.
The chords of this level
8A click plays the chord, the arrow opens its page.
The progressions of this level
7The three chords
I – IV – V – IVTonic, subdominant, dominant: I, IV and V are enough for rock 'n' roll, folk, country and thousands of songs. Beginner
Melancholy pop
vi – IV – I – VThe same four chords as the pop progression, but starting on the minor: the loop takes on a sad color. Beginner
The fifties
I – vi – IV – VI – vi – IV – V, the progression of slow dances and doo-wop, from Stand by Me to rock 'n' roll ballads. Beginner
The classic minor
i – iv – V7 – ii – iv – V7: the minor with a real dominant, E7, that leads back to A minor. You hear it from tango to pop songs. Beginner
Mixolydian rock
I – ♭VII – IV – II – ♭VII – IV: the chord a whole step below the tonic replaces the dominant. The sound of sixties and seventies rock. Beginner
Minor rock
i – ♭VI – ♭VII – ii – ♭VI – ♭VII: three chords climbing back to the tonic, the sound of rock ballads and metal. Beginner
The styles of this level
6The songs of this level
6The songs of the collection whose best-known guitar part (the intro, the riff or the solo) is at this level.