Even if you don’t know exactly what it is, you can just hear and feel that there’s something different. So when you hear one in a minor key, it’s quite noticeable. This practical piano chord progression poster from Amazon is the perfect reference chart of all 24 major and minor chord sets - The Really Useful Piano Chord Progression Poster – A1 Size – Folded Version (Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from many songs are written in major keys, especially in pop music. (7 in natural minor, 3 more in harmonic minor and 3 more in melodic minor) Minor Scale Diatonic Chords in Other Keysĭiatonic Chords of D Sharp Minor Scale / E Flat Minor Scaleĭiatonic Chords of G Sharp Minor Scale / A Flat Minor Scaleĭiatonic Chords of A Sharp Minor Scale / B Flat Minor Scaleĭiatonic Chords of B Minor Scale Piano Chord Progression Poster There are a total of 13 minor scale diatonic chords that harmonize the A minor scale. Viº is now a F Sharp diminished chord: F♯ A CĪll melodic minor scales follow this pattern: i ii III+ IV V viº viiº This time, only 2, 4, 6 diatonic chords have the F note in A harmonic minor (now F Sharp in A melodic minor) In this A harmonic minor scale example, the F note in harmonic minor is now the F sharp in melodic minor scale: A – B – C – D – E – F♯ – G♯ – A Click here for a list of all melodic minor scales. VII– The seventh chord: G B D (root, major third, perfect fifth) is a major chord ( G major chord)Īll natural minor diatonic chords follow the same pattern of chord quality: i iiº III iv v VI VIIĪgain, raise the 6th note of the harmonic minor scale by a half step and you now have a melodic minor scale. VI – The sixth chord: F A C (root, major third, perfect fifth) is a major chord ( F major chord) V – The fifth chord: E G B (root, minor third and perfect fifth) is a minor chord ( E minor chord) Iv – The fourth chord: D F A (root, minor third and perfect fifth) is a minor chord ( D minor chord) III – The third chord: C E G (root, major third, perfect fifth) is major chord ( C major chord) Iiº – The second chord: B D F (root, minor third, diminished fifth) is a diminished chord ( B diminished chord)

I – The first chord: A C E (root, minor third and perfect fifth) is a minor chord ( A minor chord) The seven diatonic chords in the A natural minor key are: We use uppercase roman numeral numbers to represent major chords, lowercase to represent minor chords, uppercase with a small plus sign to represent augmented chords, and lowercase with a small circle to represent diminished chords.

B flat minor scale chord progressions