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Classical / Pop / Rock · E

I-IV-V-I in E

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

Chords in E I-IV-V-I

IE
IVA
VB
IE

Hear I-IV-V-I in E

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 E

I-V-vi-IVE – B – C#m – Aii-V-IF#m – B – EI-vi-IV-VE – C#m – A – B12-Bar BluesE – A – E – B – A – E – BIV-I-V-viA – E – B – C#mI-III-IV-VE – G# – A – B

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in EE – A – E – B – A – E – BI-V-vi-IV in EE – B – C#m – AI-vi-IV-V in EE – C#m – A – BIV-I-V-vi in EA – E – B – C#m

I-IV-V-I in E

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

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