Chord Progression to MIDI

How it works

Pick a key, a scale, and one of the classic progressions, and this tool writes the chords into a MIDI file you can drop straight onto an instrument track in any DAW. Each roman numeral is voiced as a triad built from the scale — enable 7th chords for a jazzier sound, or arpeggiate to spread each chord into eighth notes. Press play preview to hear the progression before downloading.

Popular progressions included

• I – V – vi – IV — the "four chords" behind countless pop hits.
• ii – V – I — the fundamental jazz turnaround.
• The 12-bar blues — the backbone of blues, rock and roll, and early jazz.
• The Andalusian cadence, the 50s doo-wop changes, the J-pop royal road, and more.

Progressions are a starting point — if you want full arrangements with melodies, basslines, and drums written around chords like these, open the MIDI Maker studio and generate a complete track.

Browse every progression as a MIDI download

• I–V–vi–IV in C Major
• I–V–vi–IV in Db Major
• I–V–vi–IV in D Major
• I–V–vi–IV in Eb Major
• I–V–vi–IV in E Major
• I–V–vi–IV in F Major
• I–V–vi–IV in Gb Major
• I–V–vi–IV in G Major
• I–V–vi–IV in Ab Major
• I–V–vi–IV in A Major
• I–V–vi–IV in Bb Major
• I–V–vi–IV in B Major
• vi–IV–I–V in C Major
• vi–IV–I–V in Db Major
• vi–IV–I–V in D Major
• vi–IV–I–V in Eb Major
• vi–IV–I–V in E Major
• vi–IV–I–V in F Major
• vi–IV–I–V in Gb Major
• vi–IV–I–V in G Major
• vi–IV–I–V in Ab Major
• vi–IV–I–V in A Major
• vi–IV–I–V in Bb Major
• vi–IV–I–V in B Major
• I–IV–V–IV in C Major
• I–IV–V–IV in Db Major
• I–IV–V–IV in D Major
• I–IV–V–IV in Eb Major
• I–IV–V–IV in E Major
• I–IV–V–IV in F Major
• I–IV–V–IV in Gb Major
• I–IV–V–IV in G Major
• I–IV–V–IV in Ab Major
• I–IV–V–IV in A Major
• I–IV–V–IV in Bb Major
• I–IV–V–IV in B Major
• I–vi–IV–V in C Major
• I–vi–IV–V in Db Major
• I–vi–IV–V in D Major
• I–vi–IV–V in Eb Major
• I–vi–IV–V in E Major
• I–vi–IV–V in F Major
• I–vi–IV–V in Gb Major
• I–vi–IV–V in G Major
• I–vi–IV–V in Ab Major
• I–vi–IV–V in A Major
• I–vi–IV–V in Bb Major
• I–vi–IV–V in B Major
• ii–V–I in C Major
• ii–V–I in Db Major
• ii–V–I in D Major
• ii–V–I in Eb Major
• ii–V–I in E Major
• ii–V–I in F Major
• ii–V–I in Gb Major
• ii–V–I in G Major
• ii–V–I in Ab Major
• ii–V–I in A Major
• ii–V–I in Bb Major
• ii–V–I in B Major
• I–vi–ii–V in C Major
• I–vi–ii–V in Db Major
• I–vi–ii–V in D Major
• I–vi–ii–V in Eb Major
• I–vi–ii–V in E Major
• I–vi–ii–V in F Major
• I–vi–ii–V in Gb Major
• I–vi–ii–V in G Major
• I–vi–ii–V in Ab Major
• I–vi–ii–V in A Major
• I–vi–ii–V in Bb Major
• I–vi–ii–V in B Major
• i–VII–VI–V in C Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in Db Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in D Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in Eb Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in E Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in F Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in Gb Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in G Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in Ab Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in A Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in Bb Minor
• i–VII–VI–V in B Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in C Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in Db Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in D Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in Eb Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in E Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in F Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in Gb Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in G Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in Ab Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in A Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in Bb Minor
• i–VI–III–VII in B Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in C Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in Db Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in D Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in Eb Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in E Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in F Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in Gb Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in G Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in Ab Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in A Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in Bb Minor
• i–iv–VII–III in B Minor
• I–V–IV–IV in C Major
• I–V–IV–IV in Db Major
• I–V–IV–IV in D Major
• I–V–IV–IV in Eb Major
• I–V–IV–IV in E Major
• I–V–IV–IV in F Major
• I–V–IV–IV in Gb Major
• I–V–IV–IV in G Major
• I–V–IV–IV in Ab Major
• I–V–IV–IV in A Major
• I–V–IV–IV in Bb Major
• I–V–IV–IV in B Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in C Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in Db Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in D Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in Eb Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in E Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in F Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in Gb Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in G Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in Ab Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in A Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in Bb Major
• IV–V–iii–vi in B Major
• 12-Bar Blues in C Major
• 12-Bar Blues in Db Major
• 12-Bar Blues in D Major
• 12-Bar Blues in Eb Major
• 12-Bar Blues in E Major
• 12-Bar Blues in F Major
• 12-Bar Blues in Gb Major
• 12-Bar Blues in G Major
• 12-Bar Blues in Ab Major
• 12-Bar Blues in A Major
• 12-Bar Blues in Bb Major
• 12-Bar Blues in B Major