This C#m11 has the root (C#) at the bottom, so it isn’t a slash chord. However, if we look at the two lowest notes, C# and E, ...

Meaning the chords in the key of G are: G major. A minor. B minor . C major. D major. E minor. F# diminished. Hopefully this pattern is now clear. Step 2 – Learn The Common Chord Progression.

So – as represented by the bold text in the above diagram – a I-IV-V in C major equates to the chords C, F and G. In D major, these chords would transpose up to D, G and A, and so on.

This opening chord from the track Wonderful Tonight has a slightly jazzy undertone. We don’t tend to see the 6th interval added to major chords in most rock and pop music. The G major triad is played ...

Step 10: You can use a 2-5-1 to change key by just putting a 2-5 from the key you’re modulating into before the tonic of that key. Here we’ve modulated from the key of Cm in the first eight bars to ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...

This C#m11 has the root (C#) at the bottom, so it isn’t a slash chord. However, if we look at the two lowest notes, C# and E, we have the root and b3rd, which set this up as some kind of C# minor.