![]() ![]() In A minor, that's the E minor chord.Į Major IS the V in the key of A Major. The chord built on the fifth scale degree of the (natural) minor scale is also a minor chord (unless it's functioning as the dominant). In C major, the third, fifth, and seventh scale degrees are E, G, and B, which is an E minor chord. What are you talking about? They both contain an E minor chord! The chord built on the third scale degree of the major scale, containing the third, fifth, and seventh scale degrees, is a minor chord. The key of A Minor is simply the relative to C Major, right? So, how is the E Minor when neither C Major nor A Minor contain an E Minor chord? For that matter, this raising of the seventh is what led to the convention that dominants are always major. This raising of the seventh is what led to the invention of the harmonic and melodic minor scales. (For example in C major it's GBD, G major.) In the (natural) minor scale, it gives you a minor chord, but the seventh is raised, which makes the chord major. In the major scale, this gives you a major chord. The dominant chord is built on the fifth scale degree, so it consists of the fifth, seventh, and second degree of the scale. What I don't understand is why the E chord is Major and not Minor.ĭominant chords always have a major third (in classical harmony, or at least in the core era of classical harmony, which is known as the "common practice period").
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