Sufle - Köprüaltı - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords E, D, C#, F#m, A, Bm Easy key C

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Capo 0

D  C#  F#m  Bm
D  C#  F#m  E  A  E

D            C#             F#m      Bm         
oov denizler aştım geliyorum  ister eğlen benimle
D       C#            F#m  E  A  E
Yüzünü bir görsem yeter
D           C#             F#m   Bm     
oov yolumuz ayrı biliyorum   ölmeden son bir defa
D      C#           F#m  E  A  E
Belini kavrasam yeter


D         C#       F#m      Bm             D   
uuu hadi gel buluşalım eski köprünün altında
     C#        F#m E  A  E
Kimseler görmesin
D           C#        F#m      Bm             D  
uuu mehtaba karşı uzanalım eski köprünün altında
     C#        F#m E  A  E
Kimseler bilmesin
D        C#        F#m  E  A  E
uuu kimseler görmesin

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Harmony analysis

Sufle – Köprüaltı: key and chord analysis

The song opens on D and ends on E. Its chords belong to both A major and F#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

A major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

F# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = D (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = E (natural-minor colour)
#7 = E# (harmonic-minor leading tone from the V chord)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the F# minor side because F#m is heard 11 times against 6 for A and the major V chord points straight at F#m. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from A major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to A or to F#m; 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 A major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	A	Tonic — home	A · C# · E	6×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	5×
iii	C#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C# · E · G#	—
V/vi	C#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to F#msecondary dominant	C# · E# · G#	11×
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	11×
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	12×
vi	F#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F# · A · C#	11×
vii°	G#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G# · B · D	—

Seen from F# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	F#m	Tonic — home	F# · A · C#	11×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	6×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	5×
v	C#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	C# · E · G#	—
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	11×
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	11×
VII	E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	E · G# · B	12×

Analysis

The key pair is A major and its relative F# minor (3 sharps). 6 different chords appear 56 times in total; 5 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of F#m brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull; seen from A, the same C# is V/vi, a secondary dominant heading for F#m.

Chord movement

C# F#m AV/vi → vi F#mV → iharmonic-minor cadence ×11
E A AV → Iauthentic cadence F#mVII → III ×6

The move to watch is C# → F#m, heard 11 times. From the F#m side it is V → i (harmonic-minor cadence: the major V resolves dramatically); from the A side it reads V/vi → vi. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

A major pentatonic and F# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (A – B – C# – E – F#): start from A for a brighter phrase, from F# for a bluesier one.
Over E, land on E, G#, B — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over D, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C#, land on C#, E#, G# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When C# comes, swap the scale's E for E#: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.

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 A major shapes

No capo — open A shapes
Capo 2 + G shapes
Capo 5 + E shapes

With F# minor shapes

Capo 2 + Em shapes
Capo 4 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

3 semitones up
2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is D; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are E, D, C#, F#m; read them as V–IV–V/vi–vi in A or VII–VI–V–i in F#m. C# is the interesting twist: in A it is a chromatic chord (V/vi), while in F#m it becomes the dominant (V) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Keep an ear on C# → F#m (V/vi → vi in A, V → i in F#m): harmonic-minor cadence — the major V resolves dramatically. Ending on E, the song seals A 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.