Chord & FretSertanejo · eixo pop — Guitar
What is the Sertanejo · eixo pop progression?
The Sertanejo · eixo pop progression is G → D → Em → C (I – V – vi – IV), in the key of G. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant → tonic → subdominant, cycling as a vamp with no full cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Play any song you love and it does this: leaves home, takes a walk, and at the right moment somebody yells "come back!". This progression is that route, road sign by road sign: G (I, home) → D (V, time to come back) → Em (vi, home) → C (IV, the stroll). Hit play and follow with your finger on the names — when you reach the chord marked "time to come back", notice your own body waiting for G — 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.
Circle of Fifths — See the key's diatonic chords and its secondary dominants · use it 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 4 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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