Blass by Zweieck

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Instrumental → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). This page shows that transcription 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.

Key changes

• Chorus 1 moves to F♯ minor.
• Verse 3 moves to D minor.
• Chorus 2 moves to F♯ minor.
• Outro moves to D minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Gmadd9 – Am – Dm6 – G – B♭ – Cm – Gmadd9 – Am – B♭ – Gm – A
  ivadd9 – v – i6 – IV – bVI – bvii – ivadd9 – v – bVI – iv – V

Verse 1

• Gmadd9 – Am – Dm6 – G – B♭ – B♭/C – C
  ivadd9 – v – i6 – IV – bVI – bVI (bass C) – bVII

Verse 2

• Gmadd9 – Am – B♭ – Gm – Asus4 – A7 – F♯m
  ivadd9 – v – bVI – iv – Vsus4 – V7 – iii

Chorus 1

• F♯m/C♯ – Bm6 – C♯ – F♯m/C♯ – D – Bm – F♯m – F♯m/C♯ – Bm6 – C♯
  i⁶₄ – iv6 – V – i⁶₄ – bVI – iv – i – i⁶₄ – iv6 – V

Verse 3

• Gmadd9 – Am – Dm6
  ivadd9 – v – i6

Instrumental

• Gmadd9 – Am – Dm – G – B♭ – C – Gmadd9 – Am – B♭ – Gm – A
  ivadd9 – v – i – IV – bVI – bVII – ivadd9 – v – bVI – iv – V

Chorus 2

• F♯m – D – Bm – C♯ – F♯m/C♯ – D – Bm – F♯m – Dmaj7 – Bm6 – C♯
  i – bVI – iv – V – i⁶₄ – bVI – iv – i – bVImaj7 – iv6 – V

Outro

• Gmadd9 – Am
  ivadd9 – v

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• F♯m (iii) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo).
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.