About the chords of “Riff Off: Mickey/Like A Virgin/Hit Me With Your Best Shot/S&M/Let’s Talk About Sex/I’ll Make Love To You/Feels Like The First Time/No Diggity (The Barden Bellas, The Bu Harmonics & The Treblemakers)”

“Riff Off: Mickey/Like A Virgin/Hit Me With Your Best Shot/S&M/Let’s Talk About Sex/I’ll Make Love To You/Feels Like The First Time/No Diggity (The Barden Bellas, The Bu Harmonics & The Treblemakers)” by The Barden Bellas, The Bu Harmonics, The Treblemakers is in F Minor and runs at about 78 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 60 different chords across 178 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#m, G, Gm, Eb.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 5:38 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C → Eb6 → Cm → Eb → Fm7 → Abmaj7 → Eb → Bb7/D. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

C – Abmaj7 – F7/A – Eb6 – Cm – Abm7b5 – Cm – Eb – Abm – Cm7 – Bbm7 – Eb – C – Ab – Bb7/D – Fm7 – Eb/Bb – Abmaj7 – Eb – Ab – Cm – Bb7/D – G7 – F – G – Ab – Gm7 – F – G – Dm7 – Gdim – G – G7/B – Dm7 – C6 – G7 – E – Dm – F – G – Am7 – Dm – C – G – D – Fmaj7 – Bm7b5 – C#maj7 – …

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