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Classical / Pop / Rock · A

I-IV-V-I in A

The most fundamental progression in Western music. Tonic to subdominant to dominant and back — the engine behind thousands of songs.

Chords in A I-IV-V-I

IA
IVD
VE
IA

Hear I-IV-V-I in A

I-IV-V-I in All 12 Keys

CC – F – G – CC#D♭Db – Gb – Ab – DbDD – G – A – DD#E♭Eb – Ab – Bb – EbEE – A – B – EFF – Bb – C – FF#G♭F# – B – C# – F#GG – C – D – GG#A♭Ab – Db – Eb – AbAA – D – E – AA#B♭Bb – Eb – F – BbBB – E – F# – B

Other Progressions in A

I-V-vi-IVA – E – F#m – Dii-V-IBm – E – AI-vi-IV-VA – F#m – D – E12-Bar BluesA – D – A – E – D – A – EIV-I-V-viD – A – E – F#mI-III-IV-VA – C# – D – E

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in AA – D – A – E – D – A – EI-V-vi-IV in AA – E – F#m – DI-vi-IV-V in AA – F#m – D – EIV-I-V-vi in AD – A – E – F#m

I-IV-V-I in A

The I-IV-V-I progression in the key of A uses the chords A, D, E, A. These correspond to the I, IV, V, I degrees of the A major scale.

The most fundamental progression in Western music. Tonic to subdominant to dominant and back — the engine behind thousands of songs. In A, this progression has a characteristic sound shaped by the tonal colour of the A root — common in classical / pop / rock. Practise hearing it until the sequence feels inevitable rather than surprising.