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Studio

Song · 1991

Classic

Under the Bridge

Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released
1991
Guitar
John Frusciante
  • Intro
  • Chord melody

What makes the part famous

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

  • Intro

    The opening bars, played by the guitar alone or nearly: they announce the song.

  • Chord melody

    Chords and melody woven together: little runs slipped between the chord shapes.

Under the Bridge 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
A major
Chords
E · B · A · Am · F#m · F · C#m · D · G

The progressions that come back

    1. E
    2. B
    1. A
    2. Am
    3. G
    4. F

The chords and their fingerings

  • E
    E majorV · Dominant4fr×1432
  • B
    B majorV/V · secondary dominant4fr××14
  • A
    A majorI · Tonic5fr1342
  • Am
    A minori · borrowed5fr134
  • F#m
    F♯ minorvi · Tonic4fr××1342
  • F
    F majorbVI · borrowed5fr×1432
  • C#m
    C♯ minoriii · Tonic4fr×1342
  • D
    D majorIV · Subdominant2fr×1432
  • G
    G majorbVII · borrowed3fr1342

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

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