Chord and FretGospel · ii-V-I estendido — Cavaquinho
What is the Gospel · ii-V-I estendido progression?
The Gospel · ii-V-I estendido progression is D#mD#mD#mD#m → G# → C# (ii – V – I), in the key of Db. Read as harmonic function it moves subdominant → dominant → tonic, arriving home on a cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Play any song you love and it does this: leaves home, takes a walk, and at the right moment somebody yells "come back!". This progression is that route, road sign by road sign: D#m (ii, the stroll) → G# (V, time to come back) → C# (I, home). Hit play and follow with your finger on the names — when you reach the chord marked "time to come back", notice your own body waiting for C# — the home chord.
Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho is a small, bright four-string with no low bass, so it fills the upper-middle range and leaves the deep notes to others. In pop, rock or blues the cavaquinho is an unusual guest; it adds a bright, chopping rhythm layer, but it can't cover the low end a band expects. Its home chord C# keeps its lowest note on F.
Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · see it in Chord and Fret
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Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of C#. In Chord and Fret, you open every position of all 3 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord and Fret →
Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · use it in Chord and Fret
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