9 distinct chords · 60 changes · 3:02 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- C♯
- Bm
- E
- G
- Em
- A
- F♯
- B
What you are playing
Chords for A Fifth of Beethoven, laid out across its 3:02 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C B Am D F Dm G E A, 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 A Fifth of Beethoven 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| AG♯F♯mBDBmEC♯F♯ | |
| A♯AGmCD♯CmFDG | |
| BA♯G♯mC♯EC♯mF♯D♯G♯ | |
| CBAmDFDmGEA | |
| C♯CA♯mD♯F♯D♯mG♯FA♯ | |
| DC♯BmEGEmAF♯B | |
| D♯DCmFG♯FmA♯GC | |
| ED♯C♯mF♯AF♯mBG♯C♯ | |
| FEDmGA♯GmCAD | |
| F♯FD♯mG♯BG♯mC♯A♯D♯ | |
| GF♯EmACAmDBE | |
| G♯GFmA♯C♯A♯mD♯CF |
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.
