Adagio by Tomaso Albinoni

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 39 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• Am – F (×2)
  i – bVI

A Section 1

• Am – Bm7♭5 – Bdim – Am/C – Am – Dm – G/B – C – F/A – Bm7♭5 – Am/C – Dm – Esus4 – E
  i – iiø7 – ii° – i⁶ – i – iv – bVII⁶ – bIII – bVI⁶ – iiø7 – i⁶ – iv – Vsus4 – V

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

• C♯dim – Dm – Dm/C – B♭ – B♭/D – Esus4 – E – Am
  iii° – iv – iv (bass C) – bII – bII⁶ – Vsus4 – V – i

C Section

• B♭m – Cm7♭5 – Cdim – B♭m/D♭ – B♭m – E♭m7 – A♭/C – D♭ – D♭/F – D♭/A♭ – G♭/B♭ – Cm7♭5 – D♭ – E♭m7 – D♭/F – G♭ – Fsus4 – F – Dm – Em7♭5 – Edim – Dm/F – Dm – Gm7 – Gm7/F – Gm7/D – Csus4 – C – Fmaj7 – C/E – F – F/C – B♭
  bii – biiiø7 – biii° – bii⁶ – bii – bv7 – bI⁶ – bIV – bIV⁶ – bIV⁶₄ – VI⁶ – biiiø7 – bIV – bv7 – bIV⁶ – VI – bVIsus4 – bVI – iv – vø7 – v° – iv⁶ – iv – bvii7 – bvii⁴₂ – bvii⁴₃ – bIIIsus4 – bIII – bVImaj7 – bIII⁶ – bVI – bVI⁶₄ – bII
• Em7♭5 – Dm (×2)
  vø7 – iv
• Em7♭5 – Asus4 – A – Dm
  vø7 – Isus4 – I – iv

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Am	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
F	bVI	In the key	Intro, C Section
Bm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	A Section
Bdim	ii°	In the key	A Section
Am/C	i⁶	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Dm	iv	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
G/B	bVII⁶	In the key	A Section
C	bIII	In the key	A Section, C Section
F/A	bVI⁶	In the key	A Section
Esus4	Vsus4	In the key	A Section, B Section
E	V	In the key	A Section, B Section
C♯dim	iii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Dm/C	iv (bass C)	In the key	B Section
B♭	bII	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
B♭/D	bII⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B♭m	bii	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Cm7♭5	biiiø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Cdim	biii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
B♭m/D♭	bii⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E♭m7	bv7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
A♭/C	bI⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D♭	bIV	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D♭/F	bIV⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D♭/A♭	bIV⁶₄	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
G♭/B♭	VI⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
G♭	VI	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Fsus4	bVIsus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Em7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Edim	v°	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Dm/F	iv⁶	In the key	C Section
Gm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Gm7/F	bvii⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Gm7/D	bvii⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Csus4	bIIIsus4	In the key	C Section
Fmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	C Section
C/E	bIII⁶	In the key	C Section
F/C	bVI⁶₄	In the key	C Section
Asus4	Isus4	In the key	C Section
A	I	Borrowed from A major	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• A (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Adagio” (credited “Lara Fabian (Albinoni)”, style Pop Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Adagio” (credited “Tomaso Albinoni (Lara Fabian)”, style Pop Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 74%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.