15 of the MOST Popular Chord Progressions on Piano

Learn how to write music with all the popular chord progressions music has to offer. We cover major, minor, and even some modal progressions using Mixolydian & Dorian

You’ll also receive notes from every single tutorial we’ve done on the channel

🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac:

🕘 Timestamps:
00:00 Performance
00:26 Introduction
01:37 The key of F and going out of C
03:18 I vi IV V (”Doo-op”)
04:54 I V ii vi for Ballads
06:50 Circular I V vi IV
09:24 ii - V - I (2-5-1) Jazz Progression
11:25 Minor Scales (F Natural Minor)
12:11 i VIIb v VIb (Minor Ballads)
13:48 VIb VIIb i IIIb/3 Dance minor (Chainsmokers/Coldplay)
17:19 ii IV vi V - Daft Punk Chord Progression
18:45 vi I V IV - Counting Stars
20:10 i IIIb VIIb IV - Dorian Rock Progression (Green Day / Imagine Dragons)
22:26 i VIIb VIb V - Andalusian Cadence (Flamenco)
23:27 iim7b5 - V7 - i - Jazz Minor Progression
25:03 VIIb - IV - I - Mixolydian Cadence
26:44 12 Bar Blues
29:22 Pachelbel Canon Progression
30:50 Line Cliche Chromatic Movement
33:02 Revision & Conclusion

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[ronnieketchum]

The singing is what turns those chords from a theory lesson to a pure bliss.

[unknown-inib]

Is anyone gonna talk about his voice😍❤❤❤❤

[richardb]

Of the literally 1000's of piano tutorial videos I've seen on YouTube as an intermediate player this video is in my top 3, maybe even #1. Thank you 🙏

[radhikamohan]

Jason sir, your singing adds life to chords.. period!!! Am so thankful to have found you here.. was never blessed to have any piano teacher in my life. I am late, but lucky!

[seifegebriel]

Jason, you’re not only a great teacher, you’ve got also an amazing voice.

[darinepp]

Jason, I have to say that you knocked it out of the park with this one. I was stuck on C major for the longest time and recently moved to G major and loved the tones, but I have grown bored of the progression in this key as well. Now I have 15 more awesome progressions to learn! You are amazing at what you do and you have the most effective video tools of any teacher on YouTube. You show the keys being played, you show the notes in the scale, you have the chords/notes shown in real time as you are playing, you play real world-popular songs to relate the structures to and your handwritten notes show clearly what is going on. Thank you so much!

[bcxtcreeper]

2-5-1 chord progressions are so satisfying both in minor and major. You did a very good job at explaining, thank you.

[piyushgupta]

Now this channel is going to flourish!!
The content and the style of teaching is just way too amazing.
Nothing superficial, all valuable!
I am glad I found this channel.

[YTisverycool]

Thank you, Jason, for sharing your gift to the world! I am learning a lot from your videos. May God bless you greatly as you have blessed others! THANKS!

[williampyle]

You are a great teacher… there is so much great information in this last lesson I’ve been looking for it for a long time… thank you for not playing in the key of C

[ariaguitarlessons]

I love how your describe with intervals helps so much to understand tension and resolution and why certain progressions works the way they do

[comcham]

Excellent stuff. Using the "numbers system" makes some puzzling things make sense. One thing that helped me a long time ago to figure out the different key signatures was that the major scale has a half step between 3 and 4 and 7 and 8. Once you figure that simple thing out, the scales will make a LOT more sense. Good job. Once you get the numbers, it doesn't matter what key the song is in. 1-4-5 verse with a 2-5 chorus and a 1-2-4-5 bridge can be played in in ANY key. Keep up the good work. Great to see someone emphasizing numbers.

[Muse_Masa]

Have been looking for a comprehensive guide for popular progression for a long time! This is great. Also, love that performance in front of each video, so brilliant and heartfelt

[acyjay]

I'm proud of myself for /discovering my new favourite piano teacher.I'm trying to up my intermediate and I'm confident with you in that journey, Thanks.And you make playing piano so fun

[DunEddyG]

Besides you being are a VERY good teacher, I just get a huge smile on my face when I see you get carried away explaining and playing examples… love your videos: pure gold and very much appreciated giving all this free content. Best regards.

[joycegolden]

I love this lesson, very informative for so many scales. The diff rhythm you use, are very helpful and that’s my problem how to make the progression sound good❤ thank you! My piano hero😊

[rolfr]

I like the secondary dominant preceding the D minor. The tension it builds is infectious. Thank you Jason

[robertpien]

Jason great lesson you can see how chord progressions can really go with so many different melodies and rythems. With so many different styles of music . Ty

[wondwossentsegaw]

Great instructor! Thank you for sharing your talent and wisdom!

[arthurgalolo]

This guy has really something for us to learn from. I'm a big fan of him.
Jason, could we have another post from you on playing different music kind on piano i.e. jazz, rock, rumba, waltz, etc.?