Agua De Beber

Antonio-Carlos Jobim

Bossa NovaD-4/4

86

chords

15

different scales

6

tonal centres

First bars

Dm7E7(#9) A7(b13)Dm7E7(#9) A7(b13)

The second bar gives the problem away: two altered dominants in a row, in the same bar, heading for the same place. That figure repeats through the whole tune.

Eighty-six chords, forty-six of them dominants, thirty-two admitting more than one reading. When two chords share a bar the rule changes: it isn't always two scales. Knowing when it's one is what separates a line that flows from one that stumbles.

The full analysis of this song

  • The scale for every chord
  • The triads
  • The arpeggio
  • The reason behind the choice
  • The player in all 12 keys
  • Thiago's commentary
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