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'50s progressions

'50s progressions is the plural of '50s progression.

Meaning of '50s progression

Noun

'50s progression (plural '50s progressions)

  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}

Questions about '50s progressions

What is '50s progressions the plural of?
'50s progressions is the plural of '50s progression.

Words near '50s progressions in the dictionary

  1. '30s
  2. '40s
  3. '45
  4. '50s
  5. '50s progression
  6. '50s progressions
  7. '60s
  8. '70s
  9. '80s
  10. '90s
  11. 'a

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