Meaning

1 senses
  1. A chord progression, l–vi–IV–V, used in Western popular music, particularly common in the 1950s and early 1960s.

    '50s progression in the key of C (C-Am-F-G): {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"drawbar organ"1}

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:'50s progression.

Forms

plural: '50s progressions

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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