Can a minor chord be the home base [ I ]?

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

http://www.hooktheory.com/hookpad/view/Ln6wlV-VzIHK

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