page_title: Vi–ii–V–I
section_title: Examples
hierarchical_section_title: Vi–ii–V–I / Examples
caption_attribution_description: English: Created by Hyacinth (talk) 03:33, 24 December 2010 using Sibelius 5. vi-ii-V-I circle progression in Mozart's Sonata, K. 545.
context_page_description: In music, the vi–ii–V–I progression is a chord progression. A vi–ii–V–I progression in C major is shown below.
  It is "undoubtedly the most common and the strongest of all harmonic progressions" and consists of "adjacent roots in ascending fourth or descending fifth relationship", with movement by ascending perfect fourth being equivalent to movement by descending perfect fifth due to inversion. For instance, in C major, the chords are Am–Dm–G–C, which have roots that descend by perfect fifth, as shown below.
  The circle progression is commonly a succession through all seven diatonic chords of a diatonic scale by fifths, including one progression by diminished fifth, and one diminished chord, returning to the tonic at the end. A circle progression in C major is shown below.
  Shorter progressions may be derived from this by selecting certain specific chords from the progression through all seven diatonic chords. The ii–V–I turnaround lies at the end of the circle progression, as does the vi–ii–V–I progression of root movement by descending fifths, which establishes tonality and also strengthens the key through the contrast of minor and major.
context_section_description: Examples of vi–ii–V–I are shown below.
caption: A vi–ii–V–I chord progression in Mozart's Sonata, K. 545.[3] About this soundPlay (help·info).
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