About the chords of “Así Bailaba”

“Así Bailaba” by Rigoberta Bandini, Amaia is in D Major and runs at about 100 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 40 different chords across 130 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G/D, D, Amaj7, Dmaj7.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 4:21 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C#m → Em6 → Amaj7 → D7 → Fmaj7 → F7 → F → Fmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 7 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

C#m – Em6 – Amaj7 – Eb – Amaj7 – Eb7 – D7 – Fmaj7 – Fm7b5 – F7 – F – Ab – Am7b5 – Fmaj7 – Cm6 – D – F#m – G – Bm – D – Gmaj7 – D – Gmaj7 – A7/C# – Gmaj7 – A – G – Dmaj7 – C#dim – D/F# – Gmaj7 – D/F# – Bm7 – Em – Bm7 – Em – D – Gmaj7 – D – G – A7 – D – Em7 – A – D – G/D – A7 – D – …

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