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Axis progression

Axis progression noun: a chord progression, I–V–vi–IV, used in Western popular music, common since the 1970s.

Noun

Axis progression (uncountable)

  1. A chord progression, I–V–vi–IV, used in Western popular music, common since the 1970s.
    • The Axis progression in the key of C:
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Origin of Axis progression

From the name of a musical comedy group, The Axis of Awesome, whose 2009 song Four Chords comments on the ubiquity of this progression.

Questions about Axis progression

What does Axis progression mean?
Axis progression means a chord progression, I–V–vi–IV, used in Western popular music, common since the 1970s.
What part of speech is Axis progression?
Axis progression is a noun.

Words near Axis progression in the dictionary

  1. axis of rotation
  2. axis of symmetry
  3. axis of upheaval
  4. Axis power
  5. Axis powers
  6. Axis progression
  7. axiscylinder
  8. axiscylinders
  9. axised
  10. axises
  11. axissymmetric

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