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Classical / Pop / Rock · C

I-IV-V-I in C

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

Chords in C I-IV-V-I

IC
IVF
VG
IC

Hear I-IV-V-I in C

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 C

I-V-vi-IVC – G – Am – Fii-V-IDm – G – CI-vi-IV-VC – Am – F – G12-Bar BluesC – F – C – G – F – C – GIV-I-V-viF – C – G – AmI-III-IV-VC – E – F – G

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in CC – F – C – G – F – C – GI-V-vi-IV in CC – G – Am – FI-vi-IV-V in CC – Am – F – GIV-I-V-vi in CF – C – G – Am

I-IV-V-I in C

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

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