The book just uses major chord as thd home base
Hi @Chango, good question and the answer is yes.
Only you would write it ( i ) as you would a minor.
We usually start learning diatonic chords with the major scale and get to the minor scales later, because there are variations of them which can be confusing to a beginner.
To start, you can take your vi chord and make it a i chord and renumber all the rest of the chords starting with that one.
To go further, you can check this out: http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/43
Enjoy!
“To start, you can take your vi chord and make it a i chord and renumber all the rest of the chords starting with that one”
Can you give me a example using f#minor
Please
Hi Chango,
Actually Hookpad makes this very easy.
Just change the key of a new Hookpad song to F# minor (circle in top line to the right) and you’ll see the seven diatonic chords to choose from.
Because the natural F# minor scale uses the same notes as the A major scale, you might recognize the same chords (and colors!) from the key of A major.
Now you can play around. Here is a very simple example
Thanks you so much
One last questions
Do the cadence chords still apply to the minor scale chords?
I am not sure what you mean by cadence chords.
If you are talking about the V7 - I cadence, then yes. It is possible to use V(7) instead of the naturally occurring v chord for a stronger resolution into the i chord.
(In F# minor, that means you can use C#(7) (C# - F(!) - G# - (B)) instead of the naturally occurring C# minor (C# - E - G#)
Let me know, if you were thinking of something else, I’ll be glad to help