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Classical / Pop / Rock · D

I-IV-V-I in D

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

Chords in D I-IV-V-I

ID
IVG
VA
ID

Hear I-IV-V-I in D

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 D

I-V-vi-IVD – A – Bm – Gii-V-IEm – A – DI-vi-IV-VD – Bm – G – A12-Bar BluesD – G – D – A – G – D – AIV-I-V-viG – D – A – BmI-III-IV-VD – F# – G – A

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in DD – G – D – A – G – D – AI-V-vi-IV in DD – A – Bm – GI-vi-IV-V in DD – Bm – G – AIV-I-V-vi in DG – D – A – Bm

I-IV-V-I in D

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

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