i found a chord chart, and i am wondering how to use it?
I ii iii IV V vi
C Dm Em F G Am
Db Ebm Fm Gb Ab Bbm
D Em F#m G A Bm
Eb Fm Gm Ab Bb Cm
E F#m G#m A B C#m
F Gm Am Bb C Dm
Gb Abm Bbm Cb Db Ebm
G Am Bm C D Em
Ab Bbm Cm Db Eb Fm
A Bm C#m D E F#m
Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm
B C#m D#m E F# G#m
you can see the chart better if you go to this website and scroll down
http://www.printablechordchartsonline.com/
how do i use this chart?
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- KVRian
- 1084 posts since 12 Sep, 2008 from Your basement
This shows you the chords in order for the major keys. The roman numeral tells you what scale degree the chord is built on. If the chord is major, then the roman numeral is capital and if the chord is minor then the roman numeral is in lower case.
This doesn't show you the diminished chords built on the seventh degree of the scale. I am not sure why.
You asked HOW you use this. I suppose you could refer to this chart to understand the chords within a certain major key. For example, in the key of F, you could look up the chords that are included in that key, in order to harmonize a melody or work out changes for that key, etc.
Another way you could use it is to look for chords that are common to more than one key. Then you could see how you could temporarily visit a different key by using the common chord as a "pivot."
However, you'll have to follow your ear to really make that work out musically.
This doesn't show you the diminished chords built on the seventh degree of the scale. I am not sure why.
You asked HOW you use this. I suppose you could refer to this chart to understand the chords within a certain major key. For example, in the key of F, you could look up the chords that are included in that key, in order to harmonize a melody or work out changes for that key, etc.
Another way you could use it is to look for chords that are common to more than one key. Then you could see how you could temporarily visit a different key by using the common chord as a "pivot."
However, you'll have to follow your ear to really make that work out musically.
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- KVRAF
- 43945 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
I ii iii IV V vi = Chord or Scale Note Number
There seems to be one note/chord missng from each example. Every Chord Scale lised here has only 6 parts. They should have seven.
The I chord = the Root
If you have a scale, say C Major. The notes are c,d,e,f,g,a,b
Now repeat the above (C Major scale notes), so you get
c,d,e,f,g,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,a,b,etc . . .
To construct the chords of the C Major scale above, start at the 'I' chord and skip every second note . . . Thus
c,e,g = the 'I' chord = C Major (the third of the root chord denotes that this is a major chord).
The second chord in the sequence has its root at d
skip every second note . . . Thus
d,f,a = the ii (or two) chord = D Minor
and so on, and so forth . . .
There seems to be one note/chord missng from each example. Every Chord Scale lised here has only 6 parts. They should have seven.
The I chord = the Root
If you have a scale, say C Major. The notes are c,d,e,f,g,a,b
Now repeat the above (C Major scale notes), so you get
c,d,e,f,g,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,a,b,etc . . .
To construct the chords of the C Major scale above, start at the 'I' chord and skip every second note . . . Thus
c,e,g = the 'I' chord = C Major (the third of the root chord denotes that this is a major chord).
The second chord in the sequence has its root at d
skip every second note . . . Thus
d,f,a = the ii (or two) chord = D Minor
and so on, and so forth . . .
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- KVRist
- 142 posts since 23 Sep, 2003 from Location: Location:
The chord on the seventh degree ([b-d-f] in C Major) is generally viewed as a direct substitute for the chord V7 (with the root missing -> V7b), [g-b-d-f] in C Major.Aloysius wrote:There seems to be one note/chord missng from each example. Every Chord Scale lised here has only 6 parts. They should have seven.