[Harp-L] chords built on scale steps?

gnarlyheman@xxxxx gnarlyheman@xxxxx
Thu Mar 30 01:02:24 EDT 2017


> On Mar 29, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Robert Hale <robert at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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?

I usually refer to them using Roman numerals--
I ii iii IV V vi 
Note the lower case Roman numerals--


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