I - IV - V chord progression explained
Check out the diagrams below to help begin to understand how intervals work. The use of a scale is just for educational purposes. It is a simple method to show how you can know which chord is meant.
These diagrams are used as a simple way to understand which chord is meant when using the Nashville number system in a chord progression, usually to quickly relate to other musicians which chords to play in a song (e.g. “1-4-5” or “I-IV-V”). <Note: The following is only meant as an analogy, a device to use as a memory recall. Intervals don’t actually …