Nil İpek - Koşuyolu - Chord

Key G major – E minor Chords D, Am, Em, Cm, G Difficulty already in its easiest key

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Am                         D
Bir gülüşün var, insan güzellikleri hatırlar
   Am                         D
Baktığın yere ayrı, bastığın yere ayrı hayran
Am                         D
İki çizgi var, insan güldüğünü hatırlar
   Am                      D
Ve bak nasıl durdu her şeyi yıkan rüzgar

Em             Cm               G
Bir yer yatağında çocuğuz bir anda
              D
Omzun evim benim
Em           Cm                G
Duvara değer ışık, uyanmadık hala
               D
Göğsüm evin senin

Am                            D
Bir bakışın var, insan şarkıları hatırlar
  Am                        D
Yürürken adımları hayatın ritminden çıkar
Am                          D
Bir sözün yeter, bak nasıl düştü tüm
   Am                        D
Ve bak nasıl saklar kararsız elleri cepler

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Harmony analysis

Nil İpek – Koşuyolu: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Am and ends on D. Its chords belong to both G major and Em, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

G major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = F# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = C (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

E minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = C (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = D (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: we can't honestly pick a side here — the song moves freely between G major and E minor. Try reading the chords both ways and see which feels more like home to you.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to G or to Em; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from G major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	G	Tonic — home	G · B · D	2×
ii	Am	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E	8×
iii	Bm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	B · D · F#	—
V/vi	B	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Emsecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	—
IV	C	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G	—
iv	Cm	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	C · Eb · G	2×
V	D	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	10×
vi	Em	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	2×
vii°	F#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	F# · A · C	—

Seen from E minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Em	Tonic — home	E · G · B	2×
ii°	F#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C	—
III	G	Relative major — the bright side	G · B · D	2×
iv	Am	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E	8×
v	Bm	Minor dominant — soft pull	B · D · F#	—
V	B	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	B · D# · F#	—
VI	C	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G	—
vi	Cm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · Eb · G	2×
VII	D	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	10×

Analysis

The key pair is G major and its relative E minor (1 sharp). 5 different chords appear 24 times in total; 4 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Cm is borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

Am D Gii → Vii → V Emiv → VII ×8
D Em GV → videceptive cadence EmVII → iAeolian arrival ×2
Cm G Giv → Iminor plagal Emvi → III ×2

The move to watch is Am → D, heard 8 times. From the G side it reads ii → V (ii → V: the classic preparation of the dominant); from the Em side it is iv → VII. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

G major pentatonic and E minor pentatonic are the same five notes (G – A – B – D – E): start from G for a brighter phrase, from E for a bluesier one.
Over D, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Am, land on A, C, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Em, land on E, G, B — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On Cm, follow the chord's notes (C · Eb · G) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With G major shapes

No capo — open G shapes
Capo 3 + E shapes
Capo 5 + D shapes

With E minor shapes

No capo — open Em shapes
Capo 2 + Dm shapes
Capo 7 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

The song is already written in its easiest key for guitar.

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is Am; the ear learns where home is within a second. The backbone is D, Am, Em, Cm — V–ii–vi–iv from the G side, VII–iv–i–vi from the Em side. Cm briefly darkens the picture: minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minor. Keep an ear on Am → D (ii → V in G, iv → VII in Em): ii → V — the classic preparation of the dominant. Ending on D, the song seals G as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.