Giro di Do: I - vi - IV - V progression in C major
Giro di Do (I - vi - IV - V), a nostalgic progression played in C major: listen to it, transpose it into any key, and see it on the circle of fifths.
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Path on the circle
I - vi - IV - V
Giro di Do is a nostalgic progression, shown here in C major (tonic C) with the degree sequence I - vi - IV - V.
The "Giro di Do" (I-vi-IV-V) is the most famous progression in pop and doo-wop: the four-chord sequence heard in hundreds of songs from the '50s and '60s. The jump from the tonic (I) to its relative minor (vi) creates a moment of melancholy before IV and V bring the music back toward resolution. It works in any key because what matters is the degrees, not the chord names.