Estate by Bruno Martino

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → Bridge → A 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

• Bm9
  i9

A Section 1

• Bm9 – Em7 – F♯aug7 – F♯aug7/F♯ – Bm9 – Em9 – A7♭9 – Am9 – D7♭9/A – D7♭9/D – Gmaj7 – Gm9 – F♯13 – F♯aug7 – F♯aug7/F♯
  i9 – iv7 – V+7 – V+7 – i9 – iv9 – bVII7b9 – bvii9 – bIII7b9 (bass A) – bIII7b9 – bVImaj7 – bvi9 – V13 – V+7 – V+7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge

• Bmaj9 – Fm7♭5 – B♭aug7 – B♭aug7/F – E♭m9 – A♭aug7 – A♭aug7/E♭ – Em9 – A7♭9 – Am9 – D7♭9/A – D7♭9/D – Gmaj7 – Gm9 – F♯13 – F♯aug7 – F♯aug7/F♯
  Imaj9 – bvø7 – bI+7 – bI+7 (bass F) – biv9 – VI+7 – VI+7 (bass E♭) – iv9 – bVII7b9 – bvii9 – bIII7b9 (bass A) – bIII7b9 – bVImaj7 – bvi9 – V13 – V+7 – V+7

A Section 3

• Bm9 – Em7 – F♯aug7 – F♯aug7/F♯ – Bm9 – Em9 – A7♭9 – Am9 – D7♭9/A – D7♭9/D – Gmaj7 – Gm9 – F♯13 – F♯aug7 – F♯aug7/F♯ – Bm9
  i9 – iv7 – V+7 – V+7 – i9 – iv9 – bVII7b9 – bvii9 – bIII7b9 (bass A) – bIII7b9 – bVImaj7 – bvi9 – V13 – V+7 – V+7 – i9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Bm9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Em7	iv7	In the key	A Section
F♯aug7	V+7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
F♯aug7/F♯	V+7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Em9	iv9	In the key	A Section, Bridge
A7♭9	bVII7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Am9	bvii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
D7♭9/A	bIII7b9 (bass A)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
D7♭9/D	bIII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/bVI)	A Section, Bridge
Gmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Gm9	bvi9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
F♯13	V13	Borrowed from B major	A Section, Bridge
Bmaj9	Imaj9	Borrowed from B major	Bridge
Fm7♭5	bvø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B♭aug7	bI+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B♭aug7/F	bI+7 (bass F)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
E♭m9	biv9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A♭aug7	VI+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A♭aug7/E♭	VI+7 (bass E♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• F♯13 (V13) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• Bmaj9 (Imaj9) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• D7♭9/D acts as V/bVI: it resolves to Gmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Estate (João Gilberto)” (credited “Martino Bruno”, style Bossa Nova) 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 “Estate” (credited “Martino Bruno”, style Bossa Nova) 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.
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.