I love music theory around guitar. I was looking for what chords in the keys was minor and major as I forgot the rule but you nailed this was simple to understand. Thanks!
Thank you Tomas for finally clearing up this puzzle for me. The door is open for me now and 1 4 5 is finally starting to make sense to me. Regards, Terry
Hi Tomas. I follow you C scale and G scale notes as placed in the order of 1,2,3,4,5,6 then you bring them down to chord selection. Question: In the Key of C scale D is minor. In the Key of G D is major. Is there any chance or never you may have D major in the Key of C?
Thank You.
By definition if you are using the notes from the key of C the D chord will always be minor. To make the D chord major you would need the notes D – F# – A. There’s no F# in the key of C (it is in the key of G).
Now… that said.
Don’t get a headache over this. I’m giving bits and pieces of theory starting with the most useful things. You don’t see the whole picture yet. Much more will fall into place as you learn more.
Hi Paul,
Every key has sharps or flats that go with that key. The key of C and A minor have no sharps or flats. The key of G has one sharp. You guessed it… F#.
Yes, it’s something to memorize. If I were to analyze it I’d say it has to do with the distance between notes (intervals). But I’m not sure how helpful that is.
In this case it’s better to memorize first, analyze later.
I liked your explanation, it was easy to understand, thank you.
You’re welcome 🙂
I love music theory around guitar. I was looking for what chords in the keys was minor and major as I forgot the rule but you nailed this was simple to understand. Thanks!
My pleasure Brian 🙂
Memorise memorise…….
OKEYDOKEY! A.x
We got to keep our brains active 🙂
Thank you Tomas for finally clearing up this puzzle for me. The door is open for me now and 1 4 5 is finally starting to make sense to me. Regards, Terry
That’s great! I’m glad to her that Terry.
Hi Tomas. I follow you C scale and G scale notes as placed in the order of 1,2,3,4,5,6 then you bring them down to chord selection. Question: In the Key of C scale D is minor. In the Key of G D is major. Is there any chance or never you may have D major in the Key of C?
Thank You.
By definition if you are using the notes from the key of C the D chord will always be minor. To make the D chord major you would need the notes D – F# – A. There’s no F# in the key of C (it is in the key of G).
Now… that said.
Don’t get a headache over this. I’m giving bits and pieces of theory starting with the most useful things. You don’t see the whole picture yet. Much more will fall into place as you learn more.
Hi Paul,
Every key has sharps or flats that go with that key. The key of C and A minor have no sharps or flats. The key of G has one sharp. You guessed it… F#.
This lesson will help: https://realguitarsuccess.com/courses/guitar-theory/lessons/key-signatures/
Tomas
tomas .why is it a F# in the key of G .Is this something to memorize .becaause in the key of C its a F
Yes, it’s something to memorize. If I were to analyze it I’d say it has to do with the distance between notes (intervals). But I’m not sure how helpful that is.
In this case it’s better to memorize first, analyze later.