About the chords of “Estúpido”

“Estúpido” by Benji Price, 9 Miller is in C Minor and runs at about 146 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 126 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Dmaj7, G, Ab6, Abmaj7.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 14% of the 3:03 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → Ab → G → Ab → G → Ebmaj7 → G6 → Bb7/D. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

G – Ab – G – Dm7b5 – G – Bb7 – G – Ab – G – Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Abdim – Abm – G6 – Bb7/D – G – Ab6 – G7 – C#dim – Bb7/D – Ebmaj7 – Abdim – Abm – G/D – Bb7/D – G – Ab6 – G7 – Bb7/D – Gmaj7 – Ab6 – Abmaj7 – Dmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Bb/D – G7 – Abaug – Ab – G – Abmaj7 – G7 – E/G# – Abm – G – C#/D# – Eb6 – G7 – G6 – …

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