[Harp-L] chords built on scale steps?

Robert Hale robert@xxxxx
Thu Mar 30 02:26:07 EDT 2017


thanks all...
I wondered if there was a handy name for this particular group of chords
together. When a song is composed primarily out of this set of chord
choices?

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 8:50 PM, George Miklas <harmonicat at xxxxx> wrote:

> 3 major is known as "V7/vi" ( 5-7 of 6). It is considered to be a
> "secondary dominant".
>
> Just like 2 major is known as "V7/V"
>
> And 6 major is known as "V7/ii "
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> George
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> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:46 PM Robert Hale <robert at xxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> THESE CHORDS
>> Steps 1, 4, and 5 triads are major
>> Steps 2, 3, and 6 are minor
>> (unless otherwise noted)
>>
>> How can I refer to the 3 major and 3 minor chords that naturally occur in
>> a
>> given Major key?
>> Asking another way, How may I refer to the triads built on the scale
>> steps?
>> (whew!)
>>
>> Does this group have a handy name?
>
>
Robert Hale
Serious Honkage in Arizona
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