[Harp-L] chords built on scale steps?

Michael Rubin michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxx
Thu Mar 30 08:09:39 EDT 2017


Perhaps you are searching for tthe word diatonic?

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:25 AM Robert Hale <robert at xxxxx> wrote:

> 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 "
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:46 PM 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?
> >> (whew!)
> >>
> >> Does this group have a handy name?
> >
> >
> Robert Hale
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