Chord & FretSertanejo · clássica caipira — Guitar
What is the Sertanejo · clássica caipira progression?
The Sertanejo · clássica caipira progression is G → C → D (I – IV – V), in the key of G. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → subdominant → dominant, 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: G (I, home) → C (IV, the stroll) → D (V, time to come back). Press play and follow along — at the "time to come back" chord, notice the physical urge to hear G again — the home chord.
Guitar
On the acoustic guitar you hold the whole song in your hands: the low sixth string lays down a bass note while the higher strings build the chord above it. The acoustic guitar sits at the very heart of Brazilian music: bossa nova was practically invented on it, and it carries samba, choro and MPB with equal ease. Its home chord G keeps its lowest note on G and rings 3 open strings.
Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · open in Chord & Fret
Save this progression in Chord & Fret♪ The groove is the habanera — that drag on the second beat that tango, reggaeton and guarânia share without ever having met to agree on it..
Reharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · see it in Chord & Fret
Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of G. 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
If this scale won you over, the Chord & Fret app plays it along with you — any key, even left-handed. Look it up on the stores.