Progressions in C — Charango

C major harmonises to C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – B°; C minor to Cm – D° – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb. Each chord links to its Charango voicings, so a phrase in C becomes a short list of shapes before the first repeat.

Most of what a charango plays lives on two or three of these chords at a time — a rasgueo is a loop, not a journey. Choose the pair the tune leans on, set a stroke pattern over them, and let the rake do the work the arrangement expects of it.