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Classical / Pop / Rock · B

I-IV-V-I in B

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

Chords in B I-IV-V-I

IB
IVE
VF#
IB

Hear I-IV-V-I in B

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 B

I-V-vi-IVB – F# – G#m – Eii-V-IC#m – F# – BI-vi-IV-VB – G#m – E – F#12-Bar BluesB – E – B – F# – E – B – F#IV-I-V-viE – B – F# – G#mI-III-IV-VB – D# – E – F#

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in BB – E – B – F# – E – B – F#I-V-vi-IV in BB – F# – G#m – EI-vi-IV-V in BB – G#m – E – F#IV-I-V-vi in BE – B – F# – G#m

I-IV-V-I in B

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

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