6 distinct chords · 102 changes · 3:05 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- B
- C♯m
- A
- F♯m
- G♯
What you are playing
Chords for Canción cristiana para niños - Brilla [Jesús es la Luz], laid out across its 3:05 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes C G Am F Dm E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is Canción cristiana para niños - Brilla [Jesús es la Luz] shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| B major | BF♯G♯mEC♯mD♯ | |
| C major | CGAmFDmE | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯A♯mF♯D♯mF | |
| D major | DABmGEmF♯ | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯CmG♯FmG | |
| E major | EBC♯mAF♯mG♯ | |
| F major | FCDmA♯GmA | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯D♯mBG♯mA♯ | |
| G major | GDEmCAmB | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯FmC♯A♯mC | |
| A major | AEF♯mDBmC♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯FGmD♯CmD |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
