Progressions — Cavaquinho

Every key's diatonic chords, charted as real Cavaquinho voicings. Pick a key below and its chord family arrives on DGBD, ready to chop behind a singer, under a flute line, or alone until the batida locks.

A samba turnaround spends whole choruses on the same short loop. Owning a key here means knowing which chords the loop touches and keeping the chop even while the roda stacks everything else on top of it.