Chord & FretRock · mixolídio clássico — Electric guitar
What is the Rock · mixolídio clássico progression?
The Rock · mixolídio clássico progression is E → D → A (I – bVII – IV), in the key of E. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant → subdominant, cycling as a vamp with no full cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Play any song you love and it does this: leaves home, takes a walk, and at the right moment somebody yells "come back!". This progression is that route, road sign by road sign: E (I, home) → D (bVII, time to come back) → A (IV, the stroll). Hit play and follow with your finger on the names — when you reach the chord marked "time to come back", notice your own body waiting for E — the home chord.
Electric guitar
The amplified tone holds each chord for a long time, so a few well-chosen notes keep ringing on their own while you leave room for the rest of the group. This is the electric guitar's home ground: pop, rock, blues, funk and soul were shaped around its sound, whether you strum full chords or play short, tight chord stabs behind the singer. Its home chord E keeps its lowest note on E and rings 3 open strings.
Circle of Fifths — See the key's diatonic chords and its secondary dominants · see it in Chord & Fret
Save this progression in Chord & FretReharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · open in Chord & Fret
Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of E. In Chord & Fret, you open every position of all 3 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord & Fret →
Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · use it in Chord & Fret
There are plenty more where this came from — and they all fit in the Chord & Fret app. One tap on the store and happy playing.