Athena - Tarlaya Ektim Soğan - Chord

Key Ab major – F minor Chords E, Eb, Abm, Ab Easy key A

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Capo 0

Ab                   
Tarlaya ektim soğan  
E       Eb   Abm    
Bitmedi yedi doğan  
  
Ab                   
Hep mi güzel oluyor  
E      Eb     Abm   
Senin anandan doğan  
  
E     Eb         Abm   
Oy oy niye gülüm niye  
E          Eb   Abm    
Ölürüm yar diye diye  
  
Ab                 
Boynunda iki lira
E          Eb     Abm   
Ver birini ver be diye 
 
Ab                     
Derdini senden bulur  
E      Eb    Abm     
Aranır sorar durur   
 
E     Eb         Abm        
Oy oy niye kızım niye niye  
E          Eb   Abm         
Ölürüm yar diye diye

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Harmony analysis

Athena – Tarlaya Ektim Soğan: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Ab and ends on Abm. Its chords belong to both Ab major and Fm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

Ab major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

F minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Db (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = Eb (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the Ab major side because it opens on Ab and Ab is heard 4 times while Fm never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from F minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to Ab or to Fm; 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 Ab major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	Ab	Tonic — home	Ab · C · Eb	4×
i	Abm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb	8×
ii	Bbm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	Bb · Db · F	—
iii	Cm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C · Eb · G	—
III	C	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · E · G	—
IV	Db	Subdominant — moves away from home	Db · F · Ab	—
V	Eb	Dominant — strongest pull home	Eb · G · Bb	8×
bVI	E	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	E · G# · B	8×
vi	Fm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F · Ab · C	—
vii°	Gdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G · Bb · Db	—

Seen from F minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Fm	Tonic — home	F · Ab · C	—
ii°	Gdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · Db	—
III	Ab	Relative major — the bright side	Ab · C · Eb	4×
iii	Abm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb	8×
iv	Bbm	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · Db · F	—
v	Cm	Minor dominant — soft pull	C · Eb · G	—
V	C	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C · E · G	—
VI	Db	Submediant — warm colour	Db · F · Ab	—
VII	Eb	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Eb · G · Bb	8×
#VII	E	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B	8×

Analysis

The key pair is Ab major and its relative F minor (4 flats). 4 different chords appear 28 times in total; 2 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. E is borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

There's no textbook cadence here; the chords circle around each other in a loop, so the song feels more like a groove than a series of arrivals.

Improvisation tips

Ab major pentatonic and F minor pentatonic are the same five notes (Ab – Bb – C – Eb – F): start from Ab 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 Eb, land on Eb, G, Bb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Abm, land on Ab, Cb, Eb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On E, follow the chord's notes (E · G# · B) 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 Ab major shapes

Capo 1 + G shapes
Capo 4 + E shapes
Capo 6 + D shapes

With F minor shapes

Capo 1 + Em shapes
Capo 3 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

1 semitone up
4 semitones down · capo 4 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on Ab, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The backbone is E, Eb, Abm, Ab — bVI–V–i–I from the Ab side, #VII–VII–iii–III from the Fm side. E briefly darkens the picture: borrowed from the parallel minor. Ending on Abm, the song seals Ab 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.