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50's progression

50's progression is the alternative form 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}

Forms of 50's progression

plural50's progressions

Questions about 50's progression

What is 50's progression the alternative form of?
50's progression is the alternative form of '50s progression.

Words near 50's progression in the dictionary

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