Rock Progressions
Master 6 Essential Progressions For Real-World Rock Rhythm Guitar
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Jon Finn
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About this course
If you're ready to understand the chord progressions behind some of rock guitar’s most recognizable sounds, Jon Finn’s online video guitar lessons in this progression-focused course will help you hear, play, and apply them with confidence.
“You’ve heard this sound in tons of rock songs because it creates such a strong sense of tension and release.”
In this step-by-step guitar course, Jon breaks down several essential rock chord progressions and shows you what gives each one its distinct musical character. Rather than simply memorizing a string of chord numbers, you’ll learn to recognize how each progression creates a specific sense of movement, color, tension, and resolution.
You’ll explore the six-four-one-five progression, along with classic rock sounds like the one-five-flat seven-four progression and the widely used one-flat seven-four progression. Jon also digs into darker harmonic colors with the one minor-flat three-flat seven-four progression and shows how the one-flat six-flat seven-one progression creates a powerful sense of tension and release.
Along the way, you’ll hear how these progressions function in context, making it easier to recognize the sounds you’ve heard across countless rock songs and understand why they work.
Practice and play with your instructor through the entire course at your own pace using TrueFire's intuitive playalongs, backing tracks, and learning tools. All of the demonstrations are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video, with controls for looping, slow motion, and fretboard animation.
This isn’t just about learning chord progressions. It’s about understanding the sounds, movement, and harmonic colors that help define rock music.
Grab your guitar and start breaking down these essential rock progressions with Jon Finn.
“You’ve heard this sound in tons of rock songs because it creates such a strong sense of tension and release.”
In this step-by-step guitar course, Jon breaks down several essential rock chord progressions and shows you what gives each one its distinct musical character. Rather than simply memorizing a string of chord numbers, you’ll learn to recognize how each progression creates a specific sense of movement, color, tension, and resolution.
You’ll explore the six-four-one-five progression, along with classic rock sounds like the one-five-flat seven-four progression and the widely used one-flat seven-four progression. Jon also digs into darker harmonic colors with the one minor-flat three-flat seven-four progression and shows how the one-flat six-flat seven-one progression creates a powerful sense of tension and release.
Along the way, you’ll hear how these progressions function in context, making it easier to recognize the sounds you’ve heard across countless rock songs and understand why they work.
Practice and play with your instructor through the entire course at your own pace using TrueFire's intuitive playalongs, backing tracks, and learning tools. All of the demonstrations are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video, with controls for looping, slow motion, and fretboard animation.
This isn’t just about learning chord progressions. It’s about understanding the sounds, movement, and harmonic colors that help define rock music.
Grab your guitar and start breaking down these essential rock progressions with Jon Finn.
Release date: 09/10/2026 • 0h 43m runtime
Sample lessons
Im-bIII-bVII-IV Progression
How It Works
Im-bIII-bVII-IV Progression
Dialing in Your Practice
Im-bIII-bVII-IV Progression
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What's included
20 lessons • 6 charts • 6 Jam Tracks
Hi there, my name is Jon Finn. Today, I want to talk to you about several essential rock chord progressions. The six four one five progression is a sound you’ve heard in tons of rock songs. The one five flat seven four progression is a classic rock sound. The one minor flat three flat seven four progression gives you a darker rock color. The one flat six flat seven one progression creates a strong sense of tension and release. The one flat seven four progression is also extremely common in rock.
Let’s break them down.
Let’s break them down.
In this lesson, we’re going to learn how this progression works and what gives it its distinctive rock sound, movement, and sense of resolution.
In this lesson, we’re going to cover practical tips for playing the progression smoothly and bringing out its characteristic harmonic movement.
In this lesson, we’re going to play through the progression in a musical context and hear how the chords work together in a complete performance.
In this lesson, we’re going to explore this classic rock progression and learn what gives it its recognizable sound and harmonic character.
In this lesson, we’re going to cover useful playing tips for creating smooth chord changes and making the progression sound more natural and musical.
In this lesson, we’re going to play the progression in context and hear how its movement and harmonic color come together in a complete performance.
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