Chord and FretReggae · vamp menor — Electric guitar
What is the Reggae · vamp menor progression?
The Reggae · vamp menor progression is F#mF#mF#mF#m → E (vi – V), in the key of A. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant, 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: F#m (vi, home) → E (V, time to come back). 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 F#m — the home chord.
Electric guitar
On an electric guitar you rarely have to cover the low bass yourself, because in a band the bass player takes that job, so your chords can sit higher and cleaner. In this family the electric fits country's bright twang and reggae's clean chords, which land between the main beats, while softer Hawaiian and celtic styles lean on acoustic voices. Its home chord F#m 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
Save this progression in Chord and FretReharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · open in Chord and Fret
Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of F#m. In Chord and Fret, you open every position of all 2 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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