6 distinct chords · 127 changes · 7:25 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- A
- F♯m
- C♯m
- D
- E
What you are playing
Chords for Marco Barrientos (feat. Julio Melgar) - El Encuentro, laid out across its 7:25 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Am G Em Bm C D, 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 Marco Barrientos (feat. Julio Melgar) - El Encuentro 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C♯ minor | F♯mEC♯mG♯mAB | |
| D minor | GmFDmAmA♯C | |
| D♯ minor | G♯mF♯D♯mA♯mBC♯ | |
| E minor | AmGEmBmCD | |
| F minor | A♯mG♯FmCmC♯D♯ | |
| F♯ minor | BmAF♯mC♯mDE | |
| G minor | CmA♯GmDmD♯F | |
| G♯ minor | C♯mBG♯mD♯mEF♯ | |
| A minor | DmCAmEmFG | |
| A♯ minor | D♯mC♯A♯mFmF♯G♯ | |
| B minor | EmDBmF♯mGA | |
| C minor | FmD♯CmGmG♯A♯ |
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.
