ii V I Chord Progressions Are the Best!

ii V I chord progressions, or 2 5 1s, are super popular with songwriters, composers and improvisers in all genres. They are used to change key, or just to loop back to the tonic chord… but they’re also used in loads of very different, arguably even more interesting ways.

This video looks a bit at some standard ways to use 251s, with popular examples, as well as more slightly ‘out there’ versions and uses. In all honesty, there’s probably no limit to how many different ways you can use the famous progression!

Skip to 2:57 to go to the songs discussed

Examples talked about:
- Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles)
- Parisiene Walkways & Still Got the Blues (Gary Moore)
- You Never Give Me Your Money (The Beatles)
- I Feel Like I’m Fixin To Die Rag (Fish cheer) (Country Joe and the Fish)
- Bear Necessities (Jungle Book)
- New York State of Mind (William Joel)
- Summer in the City (Lovin’ Spoonful)
- Uncle Albert (Paul McCartnet)
- Do You Want To Know a Secret (the Beatles)
- Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants)
- Hello (Lionel Ritchie)
- Coleen (Joanna Newsom)

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