Key of F132 bpm
How to write the chart
- A: 1maj9 6m9 2m9 5(13)
- One line per section. The name before the colon is optional. Each chord is one bar.
- maj9 · m9 · m6 · 7(13) · 7(b9) · m7b5 · dim7
- m or - for minor, then 6, 7, maj7, 9, 11, 13, 69, sus4, add9, ♭9, ♯9, ♯11, ♭13. Parentheses are fine.
- VI7(b9) · II9 · V7(b9)
- Roman numerals: capitals are major. Use them for dominant chords a plain number reads as minor, like VI7 heading to 2m, or V7 in a minor key.
- b3dim7 · bII7(#11) · bVII9
- Flat or sharp a scale degree. Borrowed chords play major unless marked m.
- (2m9 5(13))
- Split bar: both chords share one bar.
- 1maj9 5/7 · 4m6/b6
- Slash chord: the bass plays the second number.
- x2 · %
- Repeat the line, or repeat the previous bar.
- A: or [A] on a line of its own
- Names the chords on the lines after it, as one section.
- // a note · # a note
- Comments: the band skips them. A line that starts with a sharp degree, like #4m7b5, is chords.
- Key +1
- On its own line: everything after it moves up a half step. Key -2 goes down a whole step.
- A, B · Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Solo, Outro
- Section names set each section's energy when "Follow section names" is on. In an AABA song, A plays as a verse and B as the bridge.
- Introdução · Verso · Refrão · Ponte · Improviso · Final
- Portuguese names work too.
- Improviso (flauta) · Troca (vibes e piano)
- Name a player after a solo section and they solo over it while the band makes room. Name two and they trade four bars at a time. With no name, the style's lead players take turns. Flauta, vibes, piano or violão (or flute, guitar).
- A (só violão e flauta) · A (sem bateria)
- Only those players, or everyone but them (só = only, sem = without). A melody player named in a section that isn't a solo plays out front.
- A (suave) · B (forte) · A (parada)
- Softer or louder than the name alone would play it. Parada is a stop: the band hits the start of the section's next-to-last bar together, a player fills the gap, and everyone comes back in on the last eighth.
- Final (rit) · Final (fade)
- The last section slows down, or fades out instead of ending on a chord. Several marks can share the parentheses: (suave, sem bateria).