Progressions in D — Charango

D major harmonises to D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#°; D minor to Dm – E° – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C. Each chord links to its Charango voicings, so a phrase in D 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.