About the chords of “Amala”

“Amala” by Khaid, Zlatan, Rexxie is in C Minor and runs at about 119 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 34 different chords across 101 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F6, Eb6, Bb6, Cm7.

Bb6 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 14% of the 2:24 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Eb6 → Cm7 → Dm7 → Abmaj7 → Fm6 → Eb6 → Bbmaj7 → Cm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 10 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

Eb – Cm7 – Gm7 – Dm7 – Eb – Cm – Gm6 – Fmaj7 – Eb6 – F6 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – C7 – Fm6 – Abmaj7 – F# – Bb6 – Ab – Dm – Abmaj7 – Fm6 – Eb – Cm6 – Bb7 – F6 – Eb – Cm6 – Fm – Gm – F6 – Eb6 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Abmaj7 – F6 – Eb6 – Cmaj7 – F6 – Ebmaj7 – Cm7 – Am – Bbmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Cm7 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Bbm6 – …

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