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Milonga on guitar: chords and rhythm.

Milonga, tango's cousin from the Río de la Plata, keeps its degrees (E minor, A minor, B7) but sets them on the habanera rhythm: three, three, two. The thumb takes the bass on the first stroke, the fingers answer on the other two.

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The progression

Pick a key: the charts change right below. "Listen" plays the progression with its rhythm; a click on a chord plays it alone, the arrow opens its page.

Key

In E minor · 92 BPM
  • Em
    E minor23
  • Am
    A minor×231
  • B7
    B 7×2134

The rhythm

One bar of the strumming hand, beat by beat. While it plays, the stroke being played lights up.

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2
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3
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4
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  • the bass, with the thumb
  • the high strings

From the same world

From Brazil to Argentina and Colombia, rhythms where the guitar does it all: the bass with the thumb, the chords with the fingers, and syncopation.