Progression
The Pachelbel's progression in D major
Pachelbel's progression in D major plays D, A, Bm, F#m and G — 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
1DI
2AV
3Bmvi
4F#miii
5GIV
6DI
7GIV
8AV