mc-progressions

Look up chord progressions by mood and apply variation techniques for music arrangement.

128|16|Updated Sep 17, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/jtydhr88/music-composition-skills --skill mc-progressions-jtydhr88
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: mc-progressions
Source: https://github.com/jtydhr88/music-composition-skills/tree/main/plugins/music-composition/skills/mc-progressions
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jtydhr88/music-composition-skills --skill mc-progressions-jtydhr88

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Choosing a chord progression that fits a specific mood or section is slow and generative models default to the same overused loops. This Skill provides a lookup library of named progressions, a mood reverse-lookup table, variation techniques, and a warning list of over-defaulted progressions. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Mood Reverse-Lookup: Find a progression by target emotion (bright, setsunasa, urban, melancholy, epic, danceable) with degree and letter notation in Key=C/Am. - Eight Famous Named Progressions: Royal Road (4536), Canon, Komuro (6451), Maru-sa (4361), pop-punk (1564), cyclic (1625), reverse-cyclic (2516), and Dorikamu, each with variants and effects. - Eight Variation Techniques: Change starting chord, seventh/add9 voicings, secondary dominants, slash-chord bass lines, sus4 insertion, two-five splits, bar-count splicing, and parallel-minor borrowing. - Cliché Warning List: Flags progressions generative models default to (1564, 6415, 1645, 4536) with three countermeasures including harmonic rhythm changes. - Use Case: Ask for a progression that feels urban and emo for a chorus; the Skill returns the Maru-sa progression F-E7-Am-C, suggests a four-on-the-floor dance variant, and maps it into ARR-SPEC harmony fields transposed to your song key. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to give you a chord progression for a wistful J-POP chorus and check whether it is too clichéd.

Frequently Asked Questions about mc-progressions

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I find a chord progression for a specific mood?▼

Use the mood reverse-lookup table in section 1, which maps emotions like bright, setsunasa, urban, melancholy, epic, and danceable to candidate progressions. Each entry gives both roman numerals and Key=C letter chords for direct use.

What are the most famous J-POP chord progressions?▼

The library documents eight named progressions: Royal Road 4536, Canon, Komuro 6451, Maru-sa 4361, pop-punk 1564, cyclic 1625, reverse-cyclic 2516, and Dorikamu. Each includes variants and the emotional effect of the changes.

How can I vary a chord progression that feels stale?▼

Apply the eight variation techniques: change the starting chord, add sevenths or add9, insert secondary dominants, design slash-chord bass lines, insert sus4, split into two-fives, splice 4-bar patterns, or borrow from the parallel minor.

Which chord progressions do generative AI models overuse?▼

The warning list flags 1564, 6415, 1645, and 4536 as high-probability defaults for pop, emotional, and ballad prompts. Countermeasures include varying the progression, changing harmonic rhythm, or substituting a functionally equivalent alternative.

Does this progression library cover K-POP or Western pop styles?▼

The vocabulary leans J-POP and applies well to Chinese pop and city pop, but coverage of EDM, hip-hop, Western rock, and K-POP is limited. Those vocabularies belong to separate style-layer skills, and the gap should be declared in the spec sheet.

When should I use mc-harmony instead of this progression lookup?▼

Use mc-harmony for harmonizing a melody, choosing chords bar by bar, reharmonizing, or understanding why a progression works. This lookup skill answers which progression produces a given mood, and a full track needs mc-harmony first.