La Vida Es Bella (Feeling Good) in B

La Vida Es Bella (Feeling Good) in B

Compuesta por Anthony Newley y Leslie Bricusse en 1964 para el musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint', 'Feeling Good' alcanzó su cima con Nina Simone. En arranque de bossa-jazz, sobre Re menor, la canción cobra una urgencia melancólica perfecta para la improvisación latina. Michael Bublé, Muse y decenas de artistas la han reinterpretado: un standard que cruza fronteras de género.

La Vida Es Bella (Feeling Good) in B

B major mixes barre and open elements. The B chord itself is a barre at fret 2, but E and A are comfortable open chords forming the IV and V. The open B string rings as the root, allowing creative drone-based arrangements. B is a intermediate-level key on guitar because the open B string rings as the root and the open E strings provide the 4th — useful for sus4 voicings and drone effects. This key mixes open and barre shapes, making it a good intermediate challenge that builds fretboard fluency.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to F# (ascending whole step), F# to D (descending major third), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to A (ascending whole step). The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from A to B by whole step.

Scales for Improvisation

B major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, B Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.