Progression
The Pachelbel's progression in E major
Pachelbel's progression in E major plays E, B, C#m, G#m and A — 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
1EI
2BV
3C#mvi
4G#miii
5AIV
6EI
7AIV
8BV