7 super common chord progressions and why they work

Some chord progressions are just so good and so effective that they get used time and time again, so let's today take a look at seven of the most commonly used chord progressions and perhaps shine a bit of light on why they work so well. Axis of Awesome four chord song: https://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I You can listen to my own original music on my Spotify: https://sptfy.com/davidbennett 🎼 And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:22 the Axis Progression 3:46 the OTHER Axis Progression 6:29 the Andalusian cadence 8:32 the Aeolian vamp 11:05 the Doo-wop changes 14:22 the Major Scale vamp 16:38 the Mixolydian vamp