레드벨벳 (Red Velvet) - Birthday Piano Chords 코드진행

Kpop producer's chords analysis on 레드벨벳 (Red Velvet) - Birthday. Please read through for chord progression and accurate piano voicings.

Key / BPM

Key: Bb Major / Bb Minor

BPM: 150 bpm

Bb Major Scale

Bb Minor Scale

Verse (0:05 - 0:42)

The verse starts off with typical I - IV blues chord progression. You only need to learn 2 chords to play the verse of Red Velvet - Birthday:

1. Bb7

2. Eb7

The verse is a little unique since its not a typical 8 or 16 bar phrase. Instead they used a total of 12 measures. 

Measure 1 Bb7	Measure 2 Bb7	Measure 3 Eb7	Measure 4 Eb7
Measure 5 Bb7	Measure 6 Bb7	Measure 7 Eb7	Measure 8 Eb7
Measure 9 Bb7	Measure 10 Bb7	Measure 11 Eb7	Measure 12 Eb7

The chord progression sounds like this:

Voicings

The same chord can sound totally different with different voicings. In order to accurately play the song, you need to have the right voicings. Please refer to the photos below to check out what kind of voicings were used during the Verse.

Bb7

Eb7

Pre-Chorus (0:43 - 1:08)

I love the Pre-Chorus part because the chords used in this section are quite unusual. Especially the part where Eb Sus4 chords are used, it adds a 'Red Velvet taste' to the tune. On the 2nd half of the Pre-Chorus, it uses busier chord movements which successfully pulls listeners into the Chorus section.

 

Chords used during this section are:

1. Bb add9

2. Eb sus4 add9

3. Gb Maj 9

4. F Min / Ab

5. Bb Maj

6. Bb Min / Db

7. Eb Min

1st part of Pre-Chorus (0:43 - 0:56)

Measure 1 Bb add9	Measure 2 Eb sus4 add9	Measure 3 Gb Maj 9	Measure 4 F Min / Ab
Measure 5 Bb add9	Measure 6 Eb sus4 add9	Measure 7 Gb Maj 9	Measure 8 F Min / Ab

The chord progression sounds like this:

Voicings

Please refer to the photos below to check out what kind of voicings were used during the 1st part of the Pre-Chorus.

Bb add 9

Eb sus4 add9

Gb Maj 9

F Min / Ab

2nd part of Pre-Chorus (0:56 - 1:08)

Measure 1 Bb Maj         -       Bb Min / Db	Measure 2 Gb Maj 9	Measure 3 Bb Maj         -       Bb Min / Db	Measure 4 Gb Maj 9
Measure 5 Bb Maj         -       Bb Min / Db	Measure 6 Gb Maj 9	Measure 7 Eb Min	Measure 8 -

The chord progression sounds like this:

Voicings

Please refer to the photos below to check out what kind of voicings were used during the 2nd part of the Pre-Chorus.

Bb Maj

Bb Min / Db

Gb Maj 9

Eb Min

Chorus (1:09 - 1:34)

The highlight of this song, Chorus section transitions into Bb Minor key, and the style also changes into a more Future Bass / Trap feel.

 

Chords used in this section are:

1. Bb 5 

2. Eb Min

3. Gb Maj 7

4. Ab sus4 add9

Measure 1 Bb 5	Measure 2 Bb 5	Measure 3 Eb Min	Measure 4 Gb Maj 7    -   Ab sus4 add9
Measure 5 Bb 5	Measure 6 Bb 5	Measure 7 Eb Min	Measure 8 Gb Maj 7    -   Ab sus4 add9

Chorus part sounds like this: 

Voicings

Please refer to the photos below to check out what kind of voicings were used during the Chorus.

Bb5

Eb Min

Gb Maj 7

Ab sus4 add9

This sums up the Verse - Pre Chorus - Chorus chord progressions for Red Velvet - Birthday. Hope this post has been helpful to anybody that wanted to know accurate chords and voicings for the music. 

 

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