MPB on cavaquinho
MPB on cavaquinho: the progressions ii-V-I and plagal (I–IV–I), each with audio on its own page. This is the cavaquinho's true home: in samba, choro and pagode it is the rhythmic and harmonic center, driving the groove with bright, percussive chords.
MPB is the big umbrella of Brazilian song, blending samba roots with refined harmony and storytelling lyrics. Here you'll explore the ii-V-I — in other words, the chord sequence that builds tension and resolves it like a complete sentence — and the plagal, the back-and-forth between the home chord and the fourth degree that sounds like the “amen” at the end of a hymn.
Progressions
ii-V-I plagalMy Chords & Scales: Build the genre's repertoire: saving chords and scales to the Notebook is part of Pro · open in Chord and Fret