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How to Use
- 1Pick a key (any of the 12 notes) and choose major or minor mode.
- 2Choose a style — pop, rock, blues, jazz, folk, ballad, EDM, or worship.
- 3Hit Re-roll to cycle through Roman numeral templates within the same style and key.
- 4Press Play to hear the progression. Adjust BPM and switch between acoustic, electric, and classical guitar sounds.
- 5Click any chord for its finger diagram, or right-click to hear it on its own. Send the progression to the Chord Progression Player to customize strumming patterns.
About the Chord Progression Generator
Guitar Tool Hub's free chord progression generator outputs progressions for you instead of asking you to build them. Pick any of the 24 keys (12 major + 12 minor) and one of 12 musical styles. The tool maps Roman numeral templates to chord names in your chosen key, displays both the chord and its scale-degree role, and plays the result back with real sampled acoustic, electric, or classical guitar sounds. Re-roll for unlimited variations within the same style.
- 01Generate progressions in all 12 major and 12 minor keys
- 0212 styles: pop, rock, blues, jazz, folk, ballad, EDM, worship, country, R&B, metal, reggae
- 03Roman numeral analysis for every generated chord
- 04Built-in playback with acoustic, electric, and classical guitar
- 05Adjustable BPM from 60 to 180
- 06Click any chord for its finger diagram
- 07Re-roll for unlimited variations within a style
- 08Send the result to the Chord Progression Player to customize strumming
Frequently Asked Questions
The generator outputs progressions for you — pick a key and style and the chords appear automatically. The Chord Progression Player is a builder where you add chords manually and choose strumming patterns. Use the generator for inspiration, then click 'Customize your chord progression' to send the progression over.
Pop (I-V-vi-IV and variations), rock (with bVII and IV moves), blues (12-bar and dominant 7ths), jazz (ii-V-I cadences and turnarounds), folk (I-IV-V-I), ballad (emotional slow progressions), EDM (looping synth-driven drops), worship (uplifting major-key anthems), country (Nashville I-IV-V with secondary dominants), R&B (soulful 7th-chord grooves), metal (heavy borrowed-chord riffs), and reggae (offbeat skanking patterns). Each style includes multiple Roman numeral templates.
Roman numerals label each chord by its scale degree in the key. Uppercase (I, IV, V) means major, lowercase (ii, vi) means minor, and a degree symbol (vii°) means diminished. A flat prefix (bVII) means the chord is built on a flatted scale degree — a common borrowed move in rock. The system makes it easy to transpose the same progression to any key.
Some styles have stronger conventions than others. Blues and jazz have fewer template variations because the genre's harmonic language is tightly defined (12-bar, ii-V-I). Pop and rock include more variations because the genres are more flexible.
Yes — right-click (or long-press on mobile) any chord card to hear that chord strummed once. Left-click opens the finger diagram instead.
No — and that's a feature. The progressions are built from established Roman numeral templates that real songs use. AI generators tend to produce statistically average chord choices; this tool gives you the actual moves used in pop, blues, jazz, folk, and rock songwriting traditions.
Yes — completely free. No account, no download, and no payment required. It runs entirely in your browser.