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The chords of a key
Build a triad on every note of a major scale and you get the seven chords of the key. Three are major, three are minor and one is diminished, always in the same order.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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A chord on every step
- The chord scale in C major, up and down: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B°, C0:22
The numeral tells the quality
- The chord scale in G major, up and down: G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F♯°, G0:22
- The chord scale in F major, up and down: F, Gm, Am, B♭, C, Dm, E°, F0:22
- The chord scale in D major, up and down: D, Em, F♯m, G, A, Bm, C♯°, D0:22
Three jobs
- Home: vi, I, iii (Am, C, Em)0:10
- Away: ii, IV (Dm, F)0:08
- Tension: V, vii°, then home to I (G, B°, C)0:10
- I–vi–IV–V (C–Am–F–G), then I–vi–ii–V (C–Am–Dm–G): ii stands in for IV0:22
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