About the chords of “Algarabía”

“Algarabía” by Marilia Monzón is in C Major and runs at about 100 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 15 different chords across 87 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C6, Am7, F6, G6.

Am7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 2:46 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Fmaj7 → G → Am → Fmaj7 → C → Fmaj7 → C → Am. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Fmaj7 – G – Am – C – Fmaj7 – C – Cmaj7 – Am – Am7 – C – Fmaj7 – C – G – C – Dm – Am – F6 – Fmaj7 – G6 – Am7 – G – C6 – G/F – C – G6 – C/G – Am7 – C6 – F6 – C – G6 – Am7 – Dm7 – C6 – F6 – G6 – Am7 – C6 – F6 – G6 – Am7 – C – Fmaj7 – C – G – Am – C6 – Fmaj7 – …

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