Pop in D — chord change
Practice switching between D, A, Bm, G in this Pop progression. Focus on smooth transitions between chords rather than speed.
Tips
Play each chord for several beats before switching, and only speed up once the transitions feel clean.
Understanding this type of exercise
E-A-B, the basic major cadence
E-A-B is a I-IV-V in E major: three chords, a bright, unambiguous colour (no minor here), the cadence that closes countless pop and rock songs. Here you isolate the changes. E→A frees the ring finger, A→B keeps the shape and shifts it: spot those mechanisms.
Chord progression — D
Bar 1
D
Bar 2
A
Bar 3
Bm
Bar 4
G
Chords
The same exercise in other keys
Related sheets
- Pop in C — syncopated rhythm (Level 3)
- Improvisation — pop in F, relative scale (Level 3)
- D# minor pentatonic scale — position 1 (Level 3)