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Axis progression
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English
Etymology
From the name of a musical comedy group, The Axis of Awesome, whose 2009 song Four Chords comments on the ubiquity of this progression.
Noun
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A chord progression, I–V–vi–IV, used in Western popular music, common since the 1970s.
en The Axis progression in the key of C:
en 2017 Mark Richards Tonal Ambiguity in Popular Music's Axis Progressions Music Theory Online
en Music