The Doo-Wop Progression

Here's the set list: first you learn it — 3 quick hands-on cards. Then you prove it — 6 theory and 2 ear-training challenges. Every right answer adds a bar to tonight's song, Sock Hop (A major, 🎸 Blues Shuffle).

📝 Riff sheet

I – vi – IV – V is the doo-wop progression ('Stand by Me'): home, the relative minor, then IV and V back home.

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Covers: I–vi–IV–V, the 1950s progression, its relation to I–V–vi–IV. Turn your sound up.