Carinhoso by Pixinguinha

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 36 · Sections: 9

Form: Lead-in → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → Outro

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

Lead-in

• F
  I

A Section 1

• F/C – C♯aug – Dm – C♯aug – F/C – C♯aug – Dm – D♯dim – Am/E – F – Am6 – F – Am/E – F – F♯m7♭5 – A7 – Dm7 – G9 – C9 – F7 – B♭maj7 – Adim – Gm7 – G9 – B♭m6/D♭ – C7 – F – B♭m6/D♭ – F
  I⁶₄ – #V+ – vi – #V+ – I⁶₄ – #V+ – vi – #vi° – iii⁶₄ – I – iii6 – I – iii⁶₄ – I – #iø7 – III7 – vi7 – II9 – V9 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iii° – ii7 – II9 – iv6 (bass D♭) – V7 – I – iv6 (bass D♭) – I

A Section 2

• F/C – C♯aug – Dm – C♯aug – F/C – C♯aug – Dm – D♯dim – Am/E – F – Am6 – F – Am/E – F – F♯m7♭5 – A7 – Dm7 – G9 – C9 – F7 – B♭maj7 – Adim – Gm7 – G9 – B♭m6/D♭ – C7 – F – B♭m6/D♭ – F – E7
  I⁶₄ – #V+ – vi – #V+ – I⁶₄ – #V+ – vi – #vi° – iii⁶₄ – I – iii6 – I – iii⁶₄ – I – #iø7 – III7 – vi7 – II9 – V9 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iii° – ii7 – II9 – iv6 (bass D♭) – V7 – I – iv6 (bass D♭) – I – VII7

B Section 1

• Am – Am/G – Dm/F – E7 – Am – Am/G – F – C/G – Em7 – D7 – G9 – C – D♭7/A♭ – Gm7 – C7
  iii – iii (bass G) – vi⁶ – VII7 – iii – iii (bass G) – I – V⁶₄ – vii7 – VI7 – II9 – V – bVI⁴₃ – ii7 – V7

C Section 1

• F – E7 – E7/G♯ – Gm7 – C7 – F – Em7♭5 – A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm7/F – F♯dim – Gm – D7/F♯ – Gm – B♭m7/F♯ – F – F♯dim – Gm7 – C7 – F
  I – VII7 – VII⁶₅ – ii7 – V7 – I – viiø7 – III7 – vi – III7 – vi⁶₅ – #i° – ii – VI⁶₅ – ii – iv7 (bass F♯) – I – #i° – ii7 – V7 – I

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• F – E7 – E7/G♯ – Gm7 – C7 – F – Em7♭5 – A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm7/F – F♯dim – Gm – D7/F♯ – Gm – B♭m7/F♯ – F – F♯dim – Gm7 – C7
  I – VII7 – VII⁶₅ – ii7 – V7 – I – viiø7 – III7 – vi – III7 – vi⁶₅ – #i° – ii – VI⁶₅ – ii – iv7 (bass F♯) – I – #i° – ii7 – V7

Outro

• F – Faug – F6 – Faug – F – Faug – F6
  I – I+ – I6 – I+ – I – I+ – I6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F	I	Home chord (tonic)	Lead-in, A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
F/C	I⁶₄	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
C♯aug	#V+	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Dm	vi	In the key	A Section, C Section
D♯dim	#vi°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Am/E	iii⁶₄	In the key	A Section
Am6	iii6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F♯m7♭5	#iø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section, C Section
Dm7	vi7	In the key	A Section
G9	II9	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section, B Section
C9	V9	In the key	A Section
F7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
B♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
Adim	iii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
B♭m6/D♭	iv6 (bass D♭)	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
C7	V7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
E7	VII7	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	B Section, C Section, A Section
Am	iii	In the key	B Section
Am/G	iii (bass G)	In the key	B Section
Dm/F	vi⁶	In the key	B Section
C/G	V⁶₄	In the key	B Section
Em7	vii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C	V	In the key	B Section
D♭7/A♭	bVI⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E7/G♯	VII⁶₅	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Em7♭5	viiø7	In the key	C Section
Dm7/F	vi⁶₅	In the key	C Section
F♯dim	#i°	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Gm	ii	In the key	C Section
D7/F♯	VI⁶₅	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	C Section
B♭m7/F♯	iv7 (bass F♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Faug	I+	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
F6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m6/D♭ (iv6 (bass D♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• A7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm7.
• G9 acts as V/V: it resolves to C9.
• F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭maj7.
• E7 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Am.
• D7/F♯ acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Carinhoso” (credited “Pixinguinha”, style Choro) 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 “Carinhoso” (credited “Pixinguinha”, style Choro) 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 98%).
• 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.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• 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.
• 1 chord was 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.