Skip to content
Chords in the key o...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Chords in the key of G

10 Posts
5 Users
0 Likes
968 Views
(@m07zm4n)
Estimable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 184
Topic starter  

Hi all!

I was writing down the triads in the key of G
and got following problem

---------------------------------O#------------------------------------------------
O
-------------O-------------------O-------------------------------------------------
O O
-------------O-------------------O------------------------------O------------------
O O O
-------------O-----------------------------O--------------------O------------------
O# O#
-------------------------------------------O--------------------O------------------
O
-O-

G Am B C D Em F#°

my question is: is it called an "F-sharp diminished" or just "F diminished"
There's no F in the key of G, so the root would be F-sharp and therefore it should be called "F-sharp diminished" but I can't remember that I ever heard of an "XYZ-sharp or flat" chord...
or am I way off?!?!? :oops:

any help would be appreciated.
thanks!

NO MORE THEORY!!
um...
KNOW MORE THEORY!!!!

<------>
motz
<------>


   
Quote
(@m07zm4n)
Estimable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 184
Topic starter  

Sorry!
the code worked in the preview.
now it's a big mess. :(
well, it isn't really required for my actual question :)

NO MORE THEORY!!
um...
KNOW MORE THEORY!!!!

<------>
motz
<------>


   
ReplyQuote
(@greybeard)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 5840
 

It's F#dim.

For flats, think of the piano (and I think trumpet), there are lots of tunes in Bb - Chuck Berry used it a lot, probably because he learned his trade in bands based on the piano, or so I read.

I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in any dictionary?
Greybeard's Pages
My Articles & Reviews on GN


   
ReplyQuote
(@m07zm4n)
Estimable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 184
Topic starter  

Thanks, greybeard!
Now alot of other things become clear, too :D
I think I have to get used to music theorie, especially that it isn't as mystic and illogic as it was taught in my school...

NO MORE THEORY!!
um...
KNOW MORE THEORY!!!!

<------>
motz
<------>


   
ReplyQuote
(@jonnyt)
Reputable Member
Joined: 22 years ago
Posts: 336
 

m07zm4n,

I noticed you had "B major" instead of "B minor" in the Key of G.

(1)G (2)Am (3)"Bm" (4)C (5)D (6)Em (7)F#dim

The pattern is the same for all major keys:

1. Major
2. Minor
3. Minor
4. Major
5. Major
6. Minor
7. Diminished

The minor equivalent to G major would be E minor:

(1)Em (2)F#dim (3)G (4)Am (5)Bm (6)C (7)D

The pattern is the same for all minor keys:

1. Minor
2. Diminished
3. Major
4. Minor
5. Minor
6. Major
7. Major

Remember these two patterns and you are good to go!

E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb

Music "Theory"? "It's not just a theory, it's the way it is!"

Jonny T.


   
ReplyQuote
(@m07zm4n)
Estimable Member
Joined: 19 years ago
Posts: 184
Topic starter  

Thanks!
I noticed that, too after writing down everything in the key of E and A
I think I'm starting to understand the logic behind it but it's hard to get away from the easy path of just playing some notes and chords.
Why did I have to be a stuborn teenager when I started "playing" guitar...
:roll:

NO MORE THEORY!!
um...
KNOW MORE THEORY!!!!

<------>
motz
<------>


   
ReplyQuote
(@jonnyt)
Reputable Member
Joined: 22 years ago
Posts: 336
 

Better then being old and set in your ways and then begin playing.

E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb

Music "Theory"? "It's not just a theory, it's the way it is!"

Jonny T.


   
ReplyQuote
 sirN
(@sirn)
Reputable Member
Joined: 20 years ago
Posts: 358
 

I thought it should be half-diminished (m7b5)? Oh well, wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

check out my website for good recording/playing info


   
ReplyQuote
(@greybeard)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 21 years ago
Posts: 5840
 

SirN,

we're looking at triads and a m7b5 has four notes (the m7 making four).

F# major would be F#, A#, C#. If you lower the A, you would have Aminor and lowering the 5 as well gives diminished - F#, A, C.

I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in any dictionary?
Greybeard's Pages
My Articles & Reviews on GN


   
ReplyQuote
(@hbriem)
Honorable Member
Joined: 22 years ago
Posts: 646
 

The pattern is the same for all minor keys:

1. Minor
2. Diminished
3. Major
4. Minor
5. Minor
6. Major
7. Major

Yes, but it is worth remembering that in most minor key music, one would use a major or dominant V or V7 instead of the minor v. This is called "harmonic minor" and is far more common than the natural minor above. In the case of melodic minor, the IV would be major as well.

--
Helgi Briem
hbriem AT gmail DOT com


   
ReplyQuote