Post-Rock Ambient (Your Hand in Mine)

IV → I → V → vi

Position
A chord diagramGuitar chord fingering for A: string 6: muted, string 5: open, string 4: fret 2, string 3: fret 2, string 2: fret 2, string 1: open×A
E chord diagramGuitar chord fingering for E: string 6: open, string 5: fret 2, string 4: fret 2, string 3: fret 1, string 2: open, string 1: openE
B chord diagramGuitar chord fingering for B: string 6: muted, string 5: fret 2, string 4: fret 4, string 3: fret 4, string 2: fret 4, string 1: fret 2×B
C#m chord diagramGuitar chord fingering for C#m: string 6: muted, string 5: fret 4, string 4: fret 6, string 3: fret 6, string 2: fret 5, string 1: fret 44×C#m
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About

The expansive, building progression of post-rock. A-E-B-C#m creates slow-building emotional crescendos. Layers of delay, tremolo picking, and dynamics define Explosions in the Sky's signature sound.

Songs using this progression

  • Your Hand in Mine — Explosions in the Sky
  • First Breath After Coma — Explosions in the Sky
  • Svefn-g-englar — Sigur Ros
Post-RockAmbientInstrumentalatmosphericexpansivecinematicemotional

Related progressions

Shoegaze Dreamy (When the Sun Hits)
I → iii → IV → V
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Epic Cinematic
vi → IV → I → V
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