About the chords of “melodrama”

“melodrama” by FrenchHype is in Eb Major and runs at about 154 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 13 different chords across 51 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Ebmaj7, Abmaj7, Eb, Dm7b5.

Ebmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 42% of the 2:51 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Abmaj7 → Eb → Abmaj7 → Ebmaj7 → Abmaj7 → Ebmaj7 → Gm → Abmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 3 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use D major shapes — the song stays in Eb Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Abmaj7 – Eb – G – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Abdim – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Bbm – Gm – Abmaj7 – Abdim – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abdim – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb6 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Fm – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ab6 – Eb – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Abdim – Abmaj7 – Abdim – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – …

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