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MPB on electric guitar

MPB on electric guitar: the progressions ii-V-I and plagal (I–IV–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.

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 plagal

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