English Explanatory Dictionary

Axis progression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Axis progression

Etymology

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

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