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In the key of C major, these would be: D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, and C minor. Despite being three sharps or flats away from the original key in the circle of fifths, parallel keys are also considered as closely related keys as the tonal center is the same, and this makes this key have an affinity with the original key.
The usual parallel chord in a major key is a minor third below the root and the counter parallel is a major third above. In a minor key the intervals are reversed: the tonic parallel (e.g. Eb in Cm) is a minor third above, and the counter parallel (e.g. Ab in Cm) is a major third below.
A major upgrade: This version discusses the tertian harmonization of the major scale on C, giving fingerings drawn with GNU Lilypond. Errors have been corrected. Copy editing has improved the exposition. 10:54, 30 October 2012: 1,275 × 1,650, 13 pages (233 KB) Kiefer.Wolfowitz: Removed stray parenthesis ")." in abstract.
List of musical chords Name Chord on C Sound # of p.c.-Forte # p.c. #s Quality Augmented chord: ... 0 4 7 t 1 x 9 [7] Major Thirteenth flat ninth flat fifth chord [2]
A rock or pop guitarist or keyboardist might literally play the chords as indicated (e.g., the C major chord would be played by playing the notes C, E and G at the same time). In jazz , particularly for music from the 1940s bebop era or later, players typically have latitude to add in the sixth, seventh, and/or ninth of the chord.
It makes playing in the key of A major easier, though chord fingerings have to be altered unless the strings are rearranged to F ♯-B-E-A-C ♯. Open G tuning – G-d-g-b-d' Some slide/bottleneck guitarists omit the bottom E string when playing in open G to have the root note as the tonic. This tuning is used by Keith Richards.
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
Minor chords are noted with a dash after the number or a lowercase m; in the key of D, 1 is D major, and 4- or 4m would be G minor. Often in the NNS, songs in minor keys will be written in the 6- of the relative major key. So if the song was in G minor, the key would be listed as B ♭ major, and G minor chords would appear as 6-.