8 distinct chords · 130 changes · 4:16 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- Am
- D
- G
- C
- Em
- A
- E
What you are playing
Chords for Nmntay / ተዳሎ - ንምንታይ - New Eritrean, laid out across its 4:16 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 8 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 Nmntay / ተዳሎ - ንምንታይ - New Eritrean 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 major | F♯mEmADGBmEB | |
| D♯ major | GmFmA♯D♯G♯CmFC | |
| E major | G♯mF♯mBEAC♯mF♯C♯ | |
| F major | AmGmCFA♯DmGD | |
| F♯ major | A♯mG♯mC♯F♯BD♯mG♯D♯ | |
| G major | BmAmDGCEmAE | |
| G♯ major | CmA♯mD♯G♯C♯FmA♯F | |
| A major | C♯mBmEADF♯mBF♯ | |
| A♯ major | DmCmFA♯D♯GmCG | |
| B major | D♯mC♯mF♯BEG♯mC♯G♯ | |
| C major | EmDmGCFAmDA | |
| C♯ major | FmD♯mG♯C♯F♯A♯mD♯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.
