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Basic Chord Theory – Triads Part II

There are seven chords in every diatonic scale – since each of the seven notes in a diatonic scale can become the root of a chord.  We already extracted the first two triads from the first two notes in the C scale, resulting in C major and D minor chords – C and Dmi.  Picking […]

All Diatonic Major Scales Exposed!

As promised, for your viewing pleasure – here they are: Sharp Keys: G(1): G A B C D E F# G D(2): D E F# G A B C# D A(3): A B C# D E F# G# A E(4): E F# G# A B C# D# E B(5): B C# D# E F# G# […]

Diatonic Major Scales In All 12 Keys

You just need to understand two things to write out all twelve diatonic major scales: 1) The space pattern between notes (structure) and 2) How sharps (#) and flats (b) control those spaces.

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