EDM Chord Progressions
Cheat Sheet
lntervai Chart
INT ERVAL NAME
SEMITONE
Unison
MinorSecond
+О
+1
MajorSecond
MinorThird
MajorТhird
+2
+3
+4
Perfect Fourth
Tritone
+5
+6
Perfect Afth
MinorSixth
+7
+8
MajorSixth
Minor Seventh
М а;огSeventh
+9
+10
+11
Octave
+12
Chord Formuias
CHORD NAME
FORMULA
Major
Mlnor
1-3-5
1-Ь3-5
Oiminished
Sus2
1-Ь3-Ь5
Sus4
Augmented
1-4-5
1-3-15
М а;огSeventh
Minor Seventh
Dominant Seventh
1-3-5-7
1-ЬЗ-5-Ы
1-3-5-Ы
Half Dlmlnlshed Seventh
DiminishedSeventh
1-ЬЗ-Ь5-ЬЫ
1-2-5
1-Ь3-Ь5-Ы
.. .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Diatonic Chord Quaiities
MAJOR КЕУ
4
5
6
QUALIТY
Major
Minor
Minor
Major
Major
Minor
Dfmlnished
MINORKEY
QUALIТY
4
5
6
7
Minor
Dlminished
Major
Mlnor
Minor
Major
Major
Diatonic Seventh Chords
MAJOR КЕУ
QUALIТY
4
5
6
Major7th
Minor7th
Minor7th
Major7th
Dominant 7th
Minor7th
Half
Diminished
7th
MINORKEY
QUALIТY
Minor7th
Half
Diminished
7th
Major7th
Minor7th
Minor7th
Major7th
Dominant 7th
Popuiar Major
Progressions
Chord Motion Charts
1-V-vi-lV
1-IV-V
1-vi-lV-V
1-vi-ii-V
1-V-vi-iii-lV
1-iii-lV-V
Popuiar Minor
Progressions
i-VI-VII
i-111-iv-v
i-Vl-111-VII
i-v-VI
i-iv-v
Vl-iv-v-i
Extra Resources
EDMProd
musictheoryлet
HookThecry
Harmony for Computer Mu�cians Ьу
Michael Hewitt
Bonus Tips
Download MIDI of your favounte tracks and analyze
them, or at least try recreating them
Use + or- 5or7 semitonesonosci[ators to get а
more harmonic sound
Leam the rules, then break them
Тгу splitting your chord progressions Ьetween
different sounds
Chords form the basis of your track. so make sure
you nail them Ьefore moving onto less important
pans. like mi)Ong and sound design