About the chords of “Toată seara”

“Toată seara” by Ursaru, CERCEL is in C Minor and runs at about 118 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 19 different chords across 49 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Cmaj7, Abmaj7, Abm7, Abm.

Abmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 2:27 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Abm → Abmaj7 → Abm7 → Emaj7 → Abm7 → Abaug → Abm7 → Abmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 10 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

Abm – Bbm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Abm7 – Emaj7 – C#/G# – Abm7 – E/G# – F#m6 – Abaug – Abm7 – Abaug – Abm7 – Abmaj7 – A6 – Abm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Abm – F#6 – Emaj7 – Abm7 – E/G# – Abaug – Abm7 – Abaug – Abm – Cmaj7 – Abm7 – Amaj7 – Abmaj7 – Abm7 – Amaj7 – Abmaj7 – A6 – Abm6 – Bb7 – Abm7 – Abm6 – Amaj7 – Abm7 – C#/G# – Abm7 – Bbm7b5/Ab – Abaug – Abm7 – Bbm7b5/Ab – Ab7 – …

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