Find Chord Progressions: Roman Numerals to Real Chords

The short answer: Find Chord Progressions gives you a Roman-numeral progression and a key — a I-V-vi-IV in G — and asks for the actual chords. Points scale with speed. Roman numerals are how musicians talk about progressions independent of key, and this makes the translation automatic.

What the game is

You get a numeral progression and a key and name the chords it produces. It ties together everything upstream — key notes, diatonic chords, chord formulas — into the way songs are actually built.

What it teaches

• Translating Roman numerals to chords in any key.
• The diatonic chords each scale degree produces.
• The common progressions behind countless songs.

Why it's cool

Numerals instead of chord names are what let a band transpose a song on the spot and what let songwriters see the shape beneath the notes. Recognizing common progressions is a genuine musical superpower.

Where to start

Read Roman numerals and the Nashville number system, common chord progressions, and the Making Music with Chords course.