Chord and FretSertanejo · clássica caipira — Ukulele
What is the Sertanejo · clássica caipira progression?
The Sertanejo · clássica caipira progression is G → C → D (I – IV – V), in the key of G. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → subdominant → dominant, arriving home on a cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Four chords, a whole story: G (I, home) → C (IV, the stroll) → D (V, time to come back). Hit play. First pass, just listen. Second pass, follow with your finger on the names — and notice that by the second-to-last chord, your body already knows G — home — is coming.
Ukulele
Its fourth string is tuned higher than you would expect, so a chord's notes bunch close together instead of spreading from low to high, giving that clear, chiming sound. Brazilian styles are not the ukulele's home turf: it can carry a gentle bossa nova, but the percussive drive of samba, choro and pagode asks for more bite and low-end punch than its soft nylon strings can give. Its home chord G keeps its lowest note on D and rings 1 open string.
Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · use it in Chord and Fret
Save this progression in Chord and Fret♪ The groove is the habanera — that drag on the second beat that tango, reggaeton and guarânia share without ever having met to agree on it..
Reharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · see it in Chord and Fret
Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of G. 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 · try it in Chord and Fret
If you want to keep exploring, the Chord and Fret app picks up right here, with every chord and scale variation one tap away. On Google Play.