jp-chord-progressions

Installation
SKILL.md

Standard Japanese Chord Progression Quick-Reference Library

110+ standard progressions compiled (deduplicated and merged) from three Japanese composition textbooks:

  • 《もっと!思いどおりに作曲ができる本》 (Ken Kawamura, Rittor Music), Chapter 5 progression patterns No.1–81
  • 《できる ゼロからはじめる作曲 超入門》, Appendix 1 practical progressions ①–⑯ (plus glossary entries)
  • 《クリエイター&エンジニア直伝!プロの曲作りテクニック》, KOUGA's "simple chord progressions" feature, 25 patterns

How to use

  • Every entry uses the uniform format: Degrees | Key=C letter example | Mood/Scene | Notes.
  • Degrees are universal "jersey numbers" portable to any key (DAW transposition / guitar capo / the 12-key diatonic chord table all work).
  • Notation conventions: △7 = major seventh chord; m7(♭5) = half-diminished seventh; X/Y and X(onY) are synonymous = slash chord (Y is the bass note); · = chord changes every 2 beats within one bar; = bar grouping in 8-bar patterns; % = repeat the previous bar.
  • Minor-key progressions are demonstrated in Key=Am (degrees treat Am as Im).
  • This file contains category navigation + the ~40 most-used progressions; the complete list (118 entries, including all clichés/pedal patterns, borrowed-chord types, 20 minor-key entries, all eight 8-bar patterns, and source numbers) is in progressions-full.md in the same directory.

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