Understanding Music Relative Keys Understanding the relative major and relative Minor Watch on Relative Keys Relative keys have the same key signature (number of sharps or flats). For every note in the chromatic scale there is a relative major key and a relative minor key. Let's have a look at an example. The relative minor chord is the sixth degree chord of the major key in question. For example, the C relative minor chord is the sixth degree chord of the C major key, that is, Am (or Am7). Another example: suppose the tonality is G major. The relative minor of G will be Em (or Em7).
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In music, relative keys are the major and minor scales that have the same key signatures ( enharmonically equivalent), meaning that they share all the same notes but are arranged in a different order of whole steps and half steps. A pair of major and minor scales sharing the same key signature are said to be in a relative relationship. To find the relative major key from a minor, take the first note of your minor key and go up three half-steps. The note you land on is now the first note of your major scale. How to find the parallel minor or major key This is even more simple than finding the relative keys. The relative major of e minor is G major, count: E (minor), F, F#, and G (major). Now, see if you can figure out why the next scales are relatives (and for your own good, start memorizing them): The relative major of B minor is D major. The relative major of F minor is A major. To find a Relative key, first determine if the key you are currently in is major or minor. If you're in a major key, you move DOWN three semitones to find the relative minor. If you're in a minor key, you move UP three semitones to find the relative major. Here is a list of all of the relative keys: Examples of Relative Keys
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Start learning What is the relative minor The relative minor is a minor scale that shares its key signature with a related major scale. If you start with a major scale, the relative minor is the scale that begins on the sixth degree. It shares the same key signature, so you can build it using the same notes, just in a different order. Relative Minor and Relative Major Relative scales are major and minor scales that share the same notes and chords, and therefore the same key signature. Every major scale has a relative minor scale and every minor scale has a relative major scale. Finding the Relative Minor Scale A relative minor The Solution below shows the relative minor key of the A major scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. The Lesson steps then shows the note relationship between the major and its relative minor, and how to calculate the relative major from a minor scale. For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at Relative minor. The A minor scale is called the relative minor scale of the C major scale. It's also true to say that the C major scale is the relative major of A minor; it can go both ways. Because of this relationship relative minor scales share the same key signature as their major counterparts and vice versa.
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What Is the Relative Minor and How to Find It? Every major scale shares the exact same notes as a minor scale. Both scales are said to be relative to one another. To find the relative minor to any major scale just go down 3 half-steps. On a guitar, this is 3 frets lower. A major A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C ♯, D, E, F ♯, and G ♯. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor.
Simple! To provide a couple of examples: D major - ^6 is B, so relative minor is Bm. C♯minor, ^3 is E, so relative major is E. G major - ^6 is E, so rel. min. is Em. D minor, ^3 is F, so rel. maj. is F maj. Written by Dan Farrant Last updated 22nd September 2023 Learning about A major scale? In this post, we've put together a complete guide to everything you need to know when learning about the scale.
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The term "relative key" in music most often refers to a minor key that has the same key signature as a major key (or vice versa). Every major key has a minor key with the same amount of sharps or flats, and in fact, the same exact notes! Because of this similarity, these two keys or scales are considered to be in the same family. The terms relative major and relative minor are used to described two keys and scales which share all the same notes and the same key signature. This means that it is common to modulate or change.
