Chord & FretRock · mixolídio clássico — Cavaquinho
What is the Rock · mixolídio clássico progression?
The Rock · mixolídio clássico progression is E → D → A (I – bVII – IV), in the key of E. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant → subdominant, cycling as a vamp with no full cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Good music works like a good walk: you leave, get a little lost on purpose, and come back. The map of this one: E (I, home) → D (bVII, time to come back) → A (IV, the stroll). Press play and follow along — at the "time to come back" chord, notice the physical urge to hear E again — the home chord.
Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho is a small, bright four-string with no low bass, so it fills the upper-middle range and leaves the deep notes to others. In pop, rock or blues the cavaquinho is an unusual guest; it adds a bright, chopping rhythm layer, but it can't cover the low end a band expects. Its home chord E keeps its lowest note on E and rings 1 open string.
Circle of Fifths — See the key's diatonic chords and its secondary dominants · use it in Chord & Fret
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Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of E. In Chord & Fret, you open every position of all 3 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord & Fret →
Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · try it in Chord & Fret
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