Chord and FretFolk · three-chord — Ukulele
What is the Folk · three-chord progression?
The Folk · three-chord progression is G → C → D (I – IV – V), in the key of G. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → subdominant → dominant, arriving home on a cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Good music works like a good walk: you leave, get a little lost on purpose, and come back. The map of this one: G (I, home) → C (IV, the stroll) → D (V, time to come back). Press play and follow along — at the "time to come back" chord, notice the physical urge to hear G again — the home chord.
Ukulele
With only four short strings and no bass note, the ukulele lives in a bright, high register; it sketches the chords and leaves the low end to a voice or another instrument. This is where the ukulele truly belongs: the Hawaiian vamp — a short back-and-forth of chords — is its native language, and its airy strum sits perfectly in folk sing-alongs, easygoing reggae and gentle country. Its home chord G keeps its lowest note on D and rings 1 open string.
Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · see it in Chord and Fret
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Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of G. In Chord and Fret, you open every position of all 3 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord and Fret →
Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · open in Chord and Fret
If you want to keep exploring, the Chord and Fret app picks up right here, with every variation of this chord one tap away. On Google Play.