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Open Highway & Freedom
The country formula I - IV - V - I (G - C - D - G). Evokes open roads, campfires under the stars, and pure heartfelt storytelling.
“Open Highway & Freedom”, a CifraLab proposal
G, C, D and G is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Open Highway & Freedom” feel.
“Open Highway & Freedom” runs at 112 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 536 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 8.6 seconds. Read in G major, its degrees are I, IV, V and I. In G you hear G, B and D. C holds C, E and G. In D you hear D, F# and A.
G rings with three strings open and three fretted positions. C presses three positions and leaves two strings open, leaving string 6 unplayed. D rings with string 4 open and three fretted positions, leaving strings 6 and 5 unplayed.
From G to C, G stays, but no fretted position repeats. From C to D, every note changes. From D to G, D stays, but no fretted position repeats.
Hear it in a CifraLab melody
“El comienzo de todo” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 2 of the story. It is in another key. Where this page plays G, C, D and G, the melody plays C, F, G and C, five semitones higher. It has 4 bars and runs at 84 beats per minute.
- C
- F
- G
- C