About the chords of “Flavour”

“Flavour” by Loski, Stormzy is in C Minor and runs at about 103 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 124 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Em7b5/D, Cm7, Cm, Ab7/C.

Cm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 4:01 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bmaj7 → Abm6 → Eb6 → Cm → Dm7 → Fmaj7 → Cm7 → Fm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 11 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

Bmaj7 – Abm6 – Gm6 – Abm6 – Cm6 – Fm7b5/Eb – Cm – G7 – Cm6 – Fm7b5/Eb – Cm6 – G7 – Abmaj7 – Fm – Eb6 – Bm7b5 – Abmaj7 – C#6 – Caug – Cm – Fm – Cm7 – Em7 – Cm – Dm7 – Cmaj7 – Ab7/C – Fmaj7 – Cm7 – Cm – Fm – Cm – G7/B – Cm – Fm7 – G7/B – Cm – Fm – Caug – Eb6 – Cm6 – Fm7 – Cm7 – Fm – Cmaj7 – Cm7 – Cm6 – Fm – …

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