Progression
The Pachelbel's progression in A major
Pachelbel's progression in A major plays A, E, F#m, C#m and D — I, V, vi, iii and IV — across 8 chords. The eight-chord descending-bass pattern from Pachelbel's Canon in D, borrowed by pop songs from the 1970s onward.
The chords, in order
1AI
2EV
3F#mvi
4C#miii
5DIV
6AI
7DIV
8EV