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Gospel · subida do IV — Guitar

What is the Gospel · subida do IV progression?

The Gospel · subida do IV progression is F# → G# → A#m (IV – V – vi), in the key of Db. Read as harmonic function it moves subdominant → dominant → tonic, arriving home on a 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: F# (IV, the stroll) → G# (V, time to come back) → A#m (vi, home). Press play and follow along — at the "time to come back" chord, notice the physical urge to hear F# again — the home chord.

Guitar

Its six strings spread across a wide neck, so each chord has room to ring, and one player can be the rhythm and the harmony at the same time. From campfire pop to rock ballads and blues, the acoustic guitar is the default choice, whether you strum full chords or pick out a quiet verse. Its home chord F# keeps its lowest note on F#.

Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · try it in Chord & Fret

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Reharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · use it in Chord & Fret

Learn each chord of the trip

F# · G# · A#m

F#, 2 4 4 3 2 2F#134211F#C#F#A#C#F#

This is one shape of F#. 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 · open in Chord & Fret

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