| KEY FINDER CHART for chord progressions | |||||||||||||||
| CHORDS PROGRESSIONS FOR EACH MAJOR SCALE=============> | |||||||||||||||
| C | C# | D | Eb | E | F | F# | G | Ab | A | Bb | B | ||||
| MAJOR SCALE | C | M | m | m | M | M | m | ||||||||
| (KEYS) | C# | M | m | m | M | M | m | ||||||||
| D | M | m | m | M | M | m | |||||||||
| Eb | m | M | m | m | M | M | |||||||||
| E | m | M | m | m | M | M | |||||||||
| F | M | m | M | m | m | M | |||||||||
| F# | M | m | M | m | m | M | |||||||||
| G | M | M | m | M | m | m | |||||||||
| Ab | m | M | M | m | M | m | |||||||||
| A | m | M | M | m | M | m | |||||||||
| Bb | m | m | M | M | m | M | |||||||||
| B | m | m | M | M | m | M | |||||||||
| Note:: the Major Scale Key Rows have an M for every column that contains Major chord for that scale | |||||||||||||||
| Note:: the Major Scale Key Rows have an m for every column that contains Minor chord for that scale | |||||||||||||||
| 1 Decide which chords you want in your progression and put them in order by the chord root note starting with C | |||||||||||||||
| 2. LOOK DOWN THE ROW HEADINGS IN THE TABLE. IF A ROW CONTAINS UPPERCASE M AND lowercase m | |||||||||||||||
| IN ALL THECOLUMNS OF YOUR PROGRESSION, THIS IS A POSSIBLE SCALE CHOICE. | |||||||||||||||
| Example: the chord progression of C/ / / F/ / / G/ / / C / / / Dm/ / / Am/ / / | |||||||||||||||
| arranged in order by root cord starting at C would be C, Dm, F, G, Am | |||||||||||||||
| Major scale (keys) | Key | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |||||||
| C | M | m | m | M | M | m | |||||||||
| C# | M | m | M | M | M | m | |||||||||
| D | M N | m | m | M | M N | m | |||||||||
| Eb | m N | M | m N | m N | M | M | |||||||||
| E | m | M N | m | m | M N | M | |||||||||
| F | M | m | M | m N | m | M | |||||||||
| F# | M | m | M | m | m | M | |||||||||
| G | M | M N | m | M | m | m | |||||||||
| Ab | m N | M | M | m N | M | m | |||||||||
| A | m | M N | M N | m | M N | m | |||||||||
| Bb | m N | m | M | M | m N | M | |||||||||
| B | m | m | M N | M | m | M | |||||||||
| What this tell us | ****** | all the chord progressions in the example are contained in the key of C | |||||||||||||
| ****** | an addional Em cord could also be used.. | ||||||||||||||
| ****** | each major key contains 3 major and 3 minor chords for each Key. | ||||||||||||||
| ****** | there is a definite relationship between chords in each key | ||||||||||||||
| ****** | the Major Scale defines all notes available for creating and modifying a melody. | ||||||||||||||
| ****** | the example progression can use all notes in the C major scale | ||||||||||||||
| ****** | this can be confirmed by playing the the C major scale over each chord in progression | ||||||||||||||