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Moonlight Sonata on guitar (Beethoven)

Moonlight Sonata chords: Bm, Bm/A, G, C/E, F#7, F#7/A#, Em, D/A, A7. Play along in your browser: the guitar above is set up for the song and plays the picking part while you strum the strings or press the chord keys. Key of Bm, 54 BPM, capo 2. With the capo on fret 2 it sounds in C#m.

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Chords
Bm, Bm/A, G, C/E, F#7, F#7/A#, Em, D/A, A7
Key
Bm, sounding C#m
Tempo
54 BPM
Capo
fret 2
Tuning
standard
Guitar part
picking

Chord diagrams

Your shapes for this song

x1342
Bm
xx342
Bm/A
3frxx1432
G
5frxx1
C/E
2frxx1324
F#7
6frx142
F#7/A#
3frx3241
Em
x4132
D/A
2frx13
A7

How to play Moonlight Sonata

Follow the chord changes, one bar at a time.

Key of Bm, 54 BPM, capo 2. With the capo on fret 2 it sounds in C#m. 8 bars, looped:

  1. Bm
  2. Bm/A
  3. G / C/E
  4. F#7
  5. Bm
  6. F#7/A#
  7. Bm / Em
  8. D/A / A7
Moonlight Sonata: picking pattern
Bar 15:2 4:43:42:34:43:42:34:43:42:34:43:42:3
Bar 25:0 4:43:42:34:43:42:34:43:42:34:43:42:3
Bar 36:3 4:53:42:34:53:42:36:0 4:53:52:54:53:52:5
Bar 46:2 4:43:32:54:43:42:36:2 4:43:42:24:23:32:2
Bar 55:2 4:04:43:44:43:42:34:43:42:34:4 1:23:42:3 1:2
Bar 66:6 5:9 2:73:61:05:93:61:05:93:61:05:9 2:73:61:0 2:7
Bar 75:2 4:4 1:23:42:34:43:42:36:0 4:5 1:33:42:54:53:42:5
Bar 85:0 4:4 1:23:22:34:43:22:35:0 4:5 1:03:22:24:5 1:53:22:2

4 beats a bar in triplets. B the bass string of the chord, B2 the next string up, 1 to 6 the strings from high e to low E, D and U a strum, string:fret a note away from the chord shape, an empty cell a rest.

Open picking
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