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City PoP Chords

Ha Chanju

Key: B minor · interpretationNo capo4/4~130 BPM

Standard tuning

Em9: low to high muted, 7, 5, 7, 7, mutediv9Em95××A13: low to high 5, muted, 5, 6, 7, mutedbVII13A135××A#dim7: low to high 6, muted, 5, 6, 5, mutedvii°7A#dim75××Bm7: low to high 7, muted, 7, 7, 7, mutedi7Bm77××A#m7: low to high 6, muted, 6, 6, 6, mutedvii7A#m76××Am7: low to high 5, muted, 5, 5, 5, mutedbvii7Am75××Am9: low to high 5, muted, 5, 5, 5, 7bvii9Am95×D9: low to high muted, 5, 4, 5, 5, mutedIII9D94××D7(b9): low to high muted, 5, 4, 5, 4, mutedIII7(b9)D7(b9)4××GM7: low to high 3, muted, 4, 4, 3, mutedVImaj7GM73××F#aug7: low to high 2, muted, 2, 3, 3, mutedV7(#5)F#aug72××B7(b13): low to high 7, muted, 7, 8, 8, mutedI7(b13)B7(b13)7××

Main phraseOne-time passage

Count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. Chord widths show holds; a chord repeated across a barline continues, without a new attack.

8 bars
Progression bars 1–1iv9Em9bVII13A131&2&3&4&Progression bars 2–2bVII13A13vii°7A#dim71&2&3&4&Progression bars 3–3i7Bm7vii7A#m7bvii7Am71&2&3&4&Progression bars 4–4bvii7Am7bvii9Am9III9D9III7(b9)D7(b9)1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&aProgression bars 5–5VImaj7GM7V7(#5)F#aug71&2&3&4&Progression bars 6–6V7(#5)F#aug71234Progression bars 7–7i7Bm7I7(b13)B7(b13)1&2&3&4&Progression bars 8–8I7(b13)B7(b13)1234

Bar 4 uses sixteenths (1 e & a): D9 enters on 2 &, D7(b9) on 3 e. Beat positions are quantized from chord appearances; final B7(b13) is completed to the eight-bar boundary.

Additional tips

Touch + muting Use thumb and fingers for the skipped strings. Keep the upper voice clear; release fretting pressure for short, relaxed chords. Only Am9 sounds the high E string.

Common tones Em9 → A13 keeps F# on string 2 fret 7 and G on string 4 fret 5. Bm7 → A#m7 → Am7 slides the same grip down one fret at a time.

Tension melody D9 → D7(b9) → GM7 lowers string 2: frets 5 → 4 → 3 (E → Eb → D). F#aug7 is F#7(#5); keep its D natural sounding above the dominant.

Return + improvise Bm7 → B7(b13): raise strings 3 and 2 from fret 7 to 8, then resolve to Em9. Try B minor pentatonic: B D E F# A; target E over A#dim7, E# over A#m7, Eb over D7(b9), A# over F#aug7 and D# over B7(b13).

Source + timing Ha Chanju · YouTube oJGfBNjj1KY. Approx. 130 BPM, 4/4 interpretation from chord appearances. Offbeat changes are intentional. Opening is slightly clipped; ending is completed to eight bars. No strumming transcription.