CHORD LIBRARY

Play along El negrito de la Salsa, chord by chord.

Chords of: El negrito de la Salsa by: Edagar Gonzalon. (D, D6, G/D, F#m7) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “El negrito de la Salsa”

“El negrito de la Salsa” by Edagar Gonzalon is in D Major and runs at about 108 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 22 different chords across 312 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, D6, G/D, F#m7.

D6 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 4:36 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Gmaj7 → D6 → G/D → D6 → G/D → D6 → Dmaj7 → Bbmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
D61:1527%
Amaj70:5018%
D0:3914%
A70:2710%
G/D0:197%
G0:166%
A0:114%
Em70:114%

Chord progression, in order

Gmaj7 – A7 – D – A7 – D – A7 – D – A7 – D – G/A – D – A7 – D – G/D – A – G – D – G – A – Em7 – D – G – A – G – D6 – Amaj7 – Em7 – D – Amaj7 – D6 – Amaj7 – Em7 – D – Amaj7 – Em7 – D – Amaj7 – Em7 – D – G – Amaj7 – D6 – Amaj7 – G/D – Amaj7 – Em7 – D6 – Amaj7 – …