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Choro on electric guitar

Choro on electric guitar: the progressions circle-of-fifths progression (vi–ii–V–I) and ii-V-I, each with audio on its own page. The electric guitar is not the traditional voice of samba or choro, but it fits MPB and modern arrangements well, adding smooth chords and quiet fills beside the core rhythm instruments.

Playful and virtuosic, choro is one of Brazil's great instrumental traditions: agile melodies that smile one moment and sigh with longing the next. Here you'll practice the circle-of-fifths progression — which simply means a chain of chords where each one pulls toward the next — and the classic ii-V-I, harmony's most common setup and resolution.

Progressions

circle-of-fifths progression ii-V-I

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