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Studio

Song · 1973

Breathe

Artist
Pink Floyd
Released
1973
Guitar
David Gilmour
  • Rhythm part
  • Slide

What makes the part famous

The techniques to work on to play it, each in one sentence.

  • Rhythm part

    The accompaniment: the chords and strumming that carry the whole song.

  • Slide

    A glass or metal tube glides along the strings, so the notes melt into each other.

Breathe chords

What the studio found on the isolated guitar of the recording: the key and the chords, with fingerings that flow from one to the next.

Key
E minor
Chords
Em · A · Bm · G · F

The progressions that come back

    1. Em
    2. A
    1. Bm
    2. F
    3. G

The chords and their fingerings

  • Em
    E minori · Tonic7fr×1342
  • A
    A majorIV · borrowed5fr1342
  • Bm
    B minorv · Dominant7fr134
  • G
    G majorbIII · Tonic5fr××1243
  • F
    F majorbII · chromatic5fr×1432

Automatic analysis: it can get a chord wrong, and your ear has the last word.

Analyze your own recording

Record yourself playing it, or upload a version you have the right to use: the studio isolates the guitar and finds the chords, tempo, strumming and fingerings, with a fretboard video and a PDF.

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