The 10 Most Used Chord Progressions in Pop and Rock and Roll. The following is a list of ten of the most used chord progressions in music today.
Some are classic and have been used hundreds of times sometimes in combination with each other or with slight alteration to make things a bit more interesting. If you learn these progressions and are able to pick them out of a song by ear, you should be able to play (or at least understand) nearly any song! If you’re a songwriter, knowing these progressions will help you avoid writing the same song multiple times or copying your heroes music.
Songwriting & Composition. Guitar. Music Theory.