5 distinct chords · 139 changes · 3:53 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- A
- E
- G♯m
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Valimbavako [Directed by Tsilavina R. La St'art Project] Gasy Ploit, laid out across its 3:53 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 Am F C Em G, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 Valimbavako [Directed by Tsilavina R. La St'art Project] Gasy Ploit 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 | G♯mEBD♯mF♯ | |
| C major | AmFCEmG | |
| C♯ major | A♯mF♯C♯FmG♯ | |
| D major | BmGDF♯mA | |
| D♯ major | CmG♯D♯GmA♯ | |
| E major | C♯mAEG♯mB | |
| F major | DmA♯FAmC | |
| F♯ major | D♯mBF♯A♯mC♯ | |
| G major | EmCGBmD | |
| G♯ major | FmC♯G♯CmD♯ | |
| A major | F♯mDAC♯mE | |
| A♯ major | GmD♯A♯DmF |
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.
