Barre Scales Chart - Interactive Guitar Scale Reference

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I - V - vi - IV

1 - 5 - 6 - 4

The heartbeat of popular music. Creates natural resolution while keeping listeners suspended in familiar comfort.

"Let It Be", "Don't Stop Believin'"

vi - IV - I - V

6 - 4 - 1 - 5

Starting in minor territory, falling toward home. Creates emotional weight through gravitational pull downward.

"Creep", "With or Without You"

ii - V - I

2 - 5 - 1

The lingua franca of jazz. Simple, sophisticated, endlessly renewable. Tension builds and releases naturally.

"Autumn Leaves", "All The Things You Are"

I - vi - ii - V

1 - 6 - 2 - 5

Cyclical and storytelling. Each chord leans into the next like verses in an ancient ballad.

"Stand By Me", "Blue Moon"

I - vi - IV - V

1 - 6 - 4 - 5

The sound of classic rock and roll. Cheerful and nostalgic, this progression dominated the doo-wop era and remains timeless.

"Earth Angel", "Blue Moon"

I - IV - V - I

1 - 4 - 5 - 1

The most fundamental progression in Western music. Strong departure from home, building tension, then perfect resolution back to the tonic.

"Louie Louie", "Wild Thing"

C Major Scale

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