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The Pachelbel's progression in Db major

Pachelbel's progression in Db major plays Db, Ab, Bbm, Fm and Gb — I, V, vi, iii and IV — across 8 chords. The eight-chord descending-bass pattern from Pachelbel's Canon in D, borrowed by pop songs from the 1970s onward.

The chords, in order

1DbI
2AbV
3Bbmvi
4Fmiii
5GbIV
6DbI
7GbIV
8AbV

The shapes

IDb
Db major, position 4, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 4, fret 6, fret 6, fret 6, fret 4. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 4, strings 2 to 6.4fr
x46664VAb
Ab major, position 4, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 4, fret 6, fret 6, fret 5, fret 4, fret 4. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 4, strings 1 to 6.4fr
466544viBbm
Bb minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 1, fret 3, fret 3, fret 2, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 2 to 6.
x13321iiiFm
F minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 1, fret 3, fret 3, fret 1, fret 1, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 1 to 6.
133111IVGb
Gb major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2, fret 4, fret 4, fret 3, fret 2, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 1 to 6.
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The same progression in a nearby key

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