Pagode — Ukulele

Brazilian styles are not the ukulele's home turf: it can carry a gentle bossa nova, but the percussive drive of samba, choro and pagode asks for more bite and low-end punch than its soft nylon strings can give. Pagode is samba around a circle of friends: warm, romantic, and inviting, made for singing along from start to finish. On this page you'll find the pagode cycle — that is, a loop of chords that circles back to the start without ever wearing out — and the chromatic climb, a little staircase of neighboring chords rising a half step at a time.

Progressions

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Updated July 9, 2026