Music & Ceremony

Master Chord Reference

Every chord shape used in the setlist. Slash chords > standard. Shows which songs use each chord.

Core Loop Systems

Minor Ceremony
Amx02210Am/G3x2210Fxx3211Cx32010
Lift / Familiar
G320003D/F#2x0232Em022000Cx32010
Groove
Amx02210Cx32010G320003
Resolution
Cx32010G/Bx20003Amx02210Fxx3211

A Family

A
Ex
A0
D2
G2
B2
e0
Thinking Out Loud, Mother of the Waters, Wicked Game +5
Am
Ex
A0
D2
G2
B1
e0
No Diggity, Redbone, Stay +41
Am/G
E3
Ax
D2
G2
B1
e0
No Diggity, Redbone, Stay +2
Asus
Ex
A0
D2
G2
B3
e0
Brighter

C Family

C
Ex
A3
D2
G0
B1
e0
No Diggity, Redbone, Stay +54
CM7
Ex
A3
D2
G0
B0
e0
Redemption
C6/9
Ex
A3
D2
G2
B1
e0
I Need Love
Cm
Ex
A3
D5
G5
B4
e3
Creep, I Need Love
Cm6/9
Ex
A3
D1
G2
B1
e0
I Need Love
C#m
Ex
A4
D6
G6
B5
e4
Beautiful Things

D Family

D
Ex
Ax
D0
G2
B3
e2
Take Me Home, Country Roads, Fast Car, Thinking Out Loud +24
D/F#
E2
Ax
D0
G2
B3
e2
Take Me Home, Country Roads, Use Somebody, With or Without You +5
Dm
Ex
Ax
D0
G2
B3
e1
Stay, Always Somewhere, What a Wonderful World +2

E Family

E
E0
A2
D2
G1
B0
e0
Seven Nation Army, Beautiful Things, Always Somewhere +4
Em
E0
A2
D2
G0
B0
e0
Man in the Mirror, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Use Somebody +33
Edim7
E0
Ax
D0
G1
B0
e1
Beautiful Things

F Family

F
Ex
Ax
D3
G2
B1
e1
No Diggity, Redbone, Stay +30
Fm
Ex
Ax
D3
G1
B1
e1
I Need Love
F#
E2
A4
D4
G3
B2
e2
Beautiful Things
F#m
E2
A4
D4
G2
B2
e2

G Family

G
E3
A2
D0
G0
B0
e3
Man in the Mirror, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Use Somebody +57
G/B
Ex
A2
D0
G0
B0
e3
Man in the Mirror, Fix You, Let Her Go +3
G/F#
E2
Ax
D0
G0
B0
e3
Man in the Mirror
G9
E3
Ax
D0
G2
B0
e1
I Need Love
Gdim7
E3
Ax
D2
G3
B2
e3
Beautiful Things
G#m
E4
A6
D6
G4
B4
e4
Beautiful Things

B Family

B
Ex
A2
D4
G4
B4
e2
Creep, Brighter, Beautiful Things
B7
Ex
A2
D1
G2
B0
e2
Nothing Else Matters, I Need Love
Bm
Ex
A2
D4
G4
B3
e2
Man in the Mirror, Mother of the Waters, Wicked Game +3

Voicing Rules

  • - D/F# over open D always (open D sounds corny)
  • - Slash chords for bass movement: G/B, G/F#, Am/G
  • - Partial voicings > full barre chords
  • - Texture over clarity — muted strums, light brush
  • - Walk-downs create emotion: G→G/F#→Em, C→G/B→Am