There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a good ‘straight up’ major or minor chord ... Example 1. C This C major chord is an ...

Harmonic minor ... of one sharp, but this is also the key signature for E minor. To find this, just count down three semitones (count to the left). For example, the relative minor of C is A ...

We’ve all played them, but how many of us can say we know how 7th chords actually ... major 7th by raising the C to C#. A lot of songs have been written around such simple moves.