About the chords of “Hrdý Cigán”

“Hrdý Cigán” by Madar Dan is in C Minor and runs at about 187 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 110 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Cm, Fm, Fm6, Fm7.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 31% of the 3:04 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F → Fm → Fm7b5 → Fm6 → Fm7 → Fm → Bb/F → Fm6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 6 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

F – C#6 – Eb – Fm – C#6 – Ebmaj7 – Fm – C# – Abmaj7 – Fm – C#6 – Cm – F/A – Fm7b5 – C# – Eb – Fm6 – C#6 – Ebmaj7 – Fm6 – C# – Eb6 – Fm6 – C#6 – Eb – Fm7 – C#7 – Eb – Fm – C#6 – Eb/F – Bb/F – C# – Ebaug – Fm6 – C#6 – Eb – Gm7b5/F – Fm – C# – Eb – Fm – C#6 – Eb – Fm – C# – Eb – Fm – …

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