Where can I find a formula chord chart for minor keys?
All the ones I see in Google images are for major keys. How come?
asked Feb 21, 2021 at 15:46
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I found this musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/DiatonicChordsInMinor.html It’s not a formula chart but it spells them all out in Am which is helpful.– John BelzaguyCommented Feb 21, 2021 at 16:51
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Where can i find X questions are off-topic, but the core question seems to be about minor key harmony so I've closed this question as a dupe the goes over the basics of minor key harmony.– Dom ♦Commented Feb 21, 2021 at 20:06
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Lookong for chordcharts formulas: google.com/… google.com/… major and minor– Albrecht HügliCommented Feb 21, 2021 at 20:13
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@AlbrechtHügli Well those are all major. Hence the question.– Randy ZeitmanCommented Feb 21, 2021 at 20:53
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No, there are always 2 columns, major and minor.– Albrecht HügliCommented Feb 21, 2021 at 21:27
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It's because there's more than one minor scale.
In the natural minor, the chords are the same as the major scale, but they fall on different scale tones:
i=minor ii=diminished III=Major iv=minor v=minor VI=Major VII=Major
Using the harmonic minor scale, any chord with the 7th scale degree changes: III=augmented V=Major vii=diminished
And if you use the melodic minor* any chord with the 6th scale degree can change: ii=minor IV=Major vi=diminished
*often defined as the "melodic minor ascending", but in practice composers may use a raised sixth when the melody is descending
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1For clarity it might be good to point out that the changes in harmony for the melodic minor also include the changes mentioned for the harmonic minor... Commented Feb 21, 2021 at 16:47