Joyce Moreno's song sounds beautiful on the piano.
I made reference to the following chord in another webpage G + F Major 7 * all of those are white keys on the piano. G + G Major
E + 'D' Major 7
* That chord is used in a number of other songs:
Maybe, another way of interpreting that is:
as an 'E' Major dominant 11th chord? E 11?
I notated the chords of (my arrangement of) "Aldeia de Ogum" on Flat.io -- albeit that is transposed up a semi-tone / half-step from Joyce's original. I start on 'F' and move to B-flat, then to E-flat, and to A-flat , in that score.
I worked through, note-by-note, chord-by-chord (see below) to realise the overall harmonic structure (which isn't complicated , if understood in these simple modal terms):
Start in the home Major key. The bass starts with the dominant "5" pitch, and moves up a P4th to the tonic ("1") pitch.
In brief, the first two chords (movement of bass) are in this home Major key, then it moves down one whole-step to a lower Major key-mode, for the 3rd and 4th chords, then repeats.
The chords in the right hand (or guitar) can be any* of the diatonic Major or minor seventh chords that fit the Major key (mode) -- based upon degrees '1', '2', '3', and/or '4'.
I7, ii7, iii7, and IV7 of the Major key.
Anyway, the song begins with the following four (4) chords:
1st chord is: | ||
R: | f# min. 7 | or: b min. 7 |
---|---|---|
L: | E | |
2nd chord is: | ||
R: | c# min. 7 | |
L: | A | |
next two chords | are: | |
R: | C Maj. 7 | or: __7 ? |
L: | D | |
4th chord is | ||
R: | b min. 7 | |
L: | G |
Then, another passage uses a nice modal Jazz 4-chord sequence/cycle/pattern
that is similar to bridge of John Coltrane's modal rendition of "My Favorite Things"
And, at the end, (last passage) uses those same four chords
but skips (leap-frogs) them (re-arranges their sequence, thusly):
D Maj. 7 c# min. 7 b min. 7 A Maj. 7
Actually, (whoops), that above sequence uses only the first three chords, with the 2nd chord repeating at the end of the sequence of 4:
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Back to the original (opening/verse/intro) main four (4) chords:
1st chord is: | ||
R: | f# min. 7 | or: b min. 7 |
---|---|---|
L: | E | |
2nd chord is: | ||
R: | c# min. 7 | |
L: | A | |
next two chords | are: | |
R: | C Maj. 7 | or: __7 ? |
L: | D | |
4th chord is | ||
R: | b min. 7 | |
L: | G |
On top of one another:
1st chord is: | ||||
R: | D Maj. 7 | or: b min. 7 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
L: | E | |||
2nd chord is: | ||||
- | - | R: | c# min. 7 | or: A Maj. 7 |
- | - | L: | A |
Recall the sequence of chords, mentioned above? :
| D Maj. 7 , c# min. 7 , b min. 7 , A Maj. 7 : ||But, those 4 don't fit the following :
next two chords | are: | |||
R: | C Maj. 7 | or: a min. 7 ? | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
L: | D | |||
4th chord is | ||||
- | - | R: | b min. 7 | OR: G Maj. 7 ? |
- | - | L: | G |
Instead, that can be thought of as the key/mode (tonal centre) one whole-step (Major-2nd) below (lower).
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and the 3rd and 4th chords (last pair among the 4 in the verse/intro sequence), fit:
I7, ii7, iii7, and IV7 of the Major key.
VII7, i7, ii7, and III7 of the (relative) dorian mode.
E 7 ( E + G# + B + D )
add an augmented octave (or lowered/flatted 2nd/9th?) : E# (F-natural) ?
which goes back down to 'E' (octave above root), alternating between (in this case,) F and E pitches at top.
Dominant ("5") pitch in left hand / bass + 2nd degree-based diminished-7 chord.
next chord: a minor 9th. take the C Major 7 shape and move its '5' (G, in this case) up and down semi-tones.
Or, put that idea in other terms: 'a' min.9 chord -- take the minor-7th of that (G) and move it up a semi-tone (G#), then again, "A".
After doing that , the 3rd chord is ready with 'D' in bass + C Major 7 in right hand (and/or 'a' min.7 -- stacked 3rds ) .
My idea for ending/conclusion:
Take that ending chord:
E + D Maj. (7??)
take the D Major and make that a diminished chord, but still based upon (rooted on) 'D'
Maybe even keep the C# at top.
D, F, A-flat , B , (and C# too?)
Perhaps more academically-correct to label (identify) each letter-name of each pitch in that chord as:
D, F♮, A♭ , C♭ , (and D♭ too?)
And that concludes (resolves) with A Major.
Bonus idea, add B Major triad (one-whole-step above A-Major's root) upward arpeggio.
Like Vince Guraldi's endings on the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.Is that Lydian mode (with raised 4th degree?). Two Major 7th chords, whose roots are a whole-step/M2nd apart make, together, a Major-13th chord?
Take that shape and move it down a whole-step too:
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