: What are lockups and lockdowns in chord progressions? I've been watching this video from 8-bit music theory and he mentioned lockups and lockdowns in chord progressions (at 4:17). What does

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Although it sounds like the speaker may be saying "lockup" and "lockdown," he is actually saying "walk up" and "walk down." The chord progressions are "walking up" when they seem to ascend melodically, and "walking down" when they seem to descend melodically.

This "walk up/down" terminology refers to a root motion that ascends or descends a scale by step, rather than by leaps (thanks @user452665 ).