9 distinct chords · 93 changes · 3:36 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A♭m
- E♭m
- D♭m
- E♭
- G♭m
- E
- B
- Em
- A
What you are playing
Chords for Preta Gil - Violão - Elias Casseb, laid out across its 3:36 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes F♯m C♯m Bm C♯ Em D A Dm G, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Preta Gil - Violão - Elias Casseb 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D♯ minor | D♯mA♯mG♯mA♯C♯mBF♯BmE | |
| E minor | EmBmAmBDmCGCmF | |
| F minor | FmCmA♯mCD♯mC♯G♯C♯mF♯ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mC♯mBmC♯EmDADmG | |
| G minor | GmDmCmDFmD♯A♯D♯mG♯ | |
| G♯ minor | A♭mE♭mD♭mE♭G♭mEBEmA | |
| A minor | AmEmDmEGmFCFmA♯ | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mFmD♯mFG♯mF♯C♯F♯mB | |
| B minor | BmF♯mEmF♯AmGDGmC | |
| C minor | CmGmFmGA♯mG♯D♯G♯mC♯ | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mG♯mF♯mG♯BmAEAmD | |
| D minor | DmAmGmACmA♯FA♯mD♯ |
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.
