About the chords of “Bolero”

“Bolero” by Rajat Nagpal is in B Minor and runs at about 101 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 26 different chords across 153 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F#, Bm, Gmaj7, Em6.

Bm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 26% of the 2:54 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bm → C#m7b5/B → Bm → Gmaj7 → Bm → C#m → C#m7b5/B → Gmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 2 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in B Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Bm – G – Em – F# – Bm – G – Em – F# – Bm – Em – Gdim – Gmaj7 – Em6 – F# – Bm – C#m7b5/B – F# – Bm – Gmaj7 – Em – F#aug – F#m – E6 – Bm – Em – Gdim – Em6 – F# – Bm – Em – Gdim – Em6 – F# – D – C#7 – Bb/C – C#7/E# – B – Em – Bm – Gm7b5 – Dmaj7 – B – Em – Gmaj7 – Gm7b5 – Dmaj7 – B – …

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