Chord & FretGospel · subida do IV — Ukulele
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.
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: F# (IV, the stroll) → G# (V, time to come back) → A#m (vi, home). 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 F# — the home chord.
Ukulele
With only four short strings and no bass note, the ukulele lives in a bright, high register; it sketches the chords and leaves the low end to a voice or another instrument. For bright pop songs and gentle ballads the ukulele fits like a glove, adding an airy sparkle; heavier rock, blues and funk want the punch and bass it simply does not have. Its home chord F# keeps its lowest note on C#.
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Learn each chord of the trip
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 · use it in Chord & Fret
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