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Pop / Rock · A

I-V-vi-IV in A

The most ubiquitous progression in modern pop music. Optimistic and forward-moving, with the vi chord providing an emotional lift.

Chords in A I-V-vi-IV

IA
VE
viF#m
IVD

Hear I-V-vi-IV in A

I-V-vi-IV in All 12 Keys

CC – G – Am – FC#D♭Db – Ab – Bbm – GbDD – A – Bm – GD#E♭Eb – Bb – Cm – AbEE – B – C#m – AFF – C – Dm – BbF#G♭F# – C# – D#m – BGG – D – Em – CG#A♭Ab – Eb – Fm – DbAA – E – F#m – DA#B♭Bb – F – Gm – EbBB – F# – G#m – E

Other Progressions in A

I-IV-V-IA – D – E – Aii-V-IBm – E – AI-vi-IV-VA – F#m – D – E12-Bar BluesA – D – A – E – D – A – EIV-I-V-viD – A – E – F#mI-III-IV-VA – C# – D – E

Related Progressions

12-Bar Blues in AA – D – A – E – D – A – EI-IV-V-I in AA – D – E – AI-vi-IV-V in AA – F#m – D – EIV-I-V-vi in AD – A – E – F#m

I-V-vi-IV in A

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

The most ubiquitous progression in modern pop music. Optimistic and forward-moving, with the vi chord providing an emotional lift. In A, this progression has a characteristic sound shaped by the tonal colour of the A root — common in pop / rock. Practise hearing it until the sequence feels inevitable rather than surprising.