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Classical / Pop / Rock · G

I-IV-V-I in G

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

Chords in G I-IV-V-I

IG
IVC
VD
IG

Hear I-IV-V-I in G

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 G

I-V-vi-IVG – D – Em – Cii-V-IAm – D – GI-vi-IV-VG – Em – C – D12-Bar BluesG – C – G – D – C – G – DIV-I-V-viC – G – D – EmI-III-IV-VG – B – C – D

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in GG – C – G – D – C – G – DI-V-vi-IV in GG – D – Em – CI-vi-IV-V in GG – Em – C – DIV-I-V-vi in GC – G – D – Em

I-IV-V-I in G

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

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