Skip to content

Setup

Instrument

E A D G B E
Capo

Diagrams

Chords shown as
Chord numbers
Shape difficulty
Fret numbers counted
Strings on the neck
Playing hand

Playback

Chords sound as

Accessibility

Larger type and controls, stronger contrast, reduced motion, and thumb-reachable show controls on this device.

Account & sync

Account & sync →
Account
Progression

The Pachelbel's progression in G major

Pachelbel's progression in G major plays G, D, Em, Bm and C — 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

1GI
2DV
3Emvi
4Bmiii
5CIV
6GI
7CIV
8DV

The shapes

IG
G major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 3, fret 2, open, open, open, fret 3. Frets are relative to the capo.
320003VD
D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 2, fret 3, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 4 to 6.
xx0232viEm
E minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 2, fret 2, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 2 to 3.
022000iiiBm
B minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 2, open, fret 4, open, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo.
x20402IVC
C major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3, fret 2, open, fret 1, open. Frets are relative to the capo.
x32010

The same progression in a nearby key

Open Pachelbel's progression in G major in the explorer →All seven chords in G major →