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Eternal Love Ballad
A tender journey through the iii minor chord (I - iii - IV - V: C - Em - F - G). Walking into the gentle iii degree adds vulnerable tenderness that prepares a heartfelt major delivery.
“Eternal Love Ballad”, a CifraLab proposal
C, Em, F and G is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Eternal Love Ballad” feel.
“Eternal Love Ballad” runs at 74 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 811 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 13.0 seconds. Read in C major, its degrees are I, iii, IV and V. In C you hear C, E and G. Em holds E, G and B. In F you hear F, A and C. G holds G, B and D.
C rings with two strings open and three fretted positions, leaving string 6 unplayed. Em presses two positions and leaves four strings open. F takes a barre at fret 1. G presses three positions and leaves three strings open.
From C to Em, E and G stay, and one hand position stays put. From Em to F, every note changes. F and G have no notes in common. G and C share G, though the hand changes shape.
Hear it in a CifraLab melody
“El mástil” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 6 of the story. It uses the same chords in the same key, but starts the cycle on Em, with Em, F, G and C. It has 6 bars and runs at 96 beats per minute.
- C
- Dm
- Em
- F
- G
- C