Q. Thanks!! :)
A. Hi Stradivarius,
The chords (not just piano chords-- they're good for any instrument!) in the D Harmonic Minor scale are as follows:
i - d minor (D F A)
ii° - e diminished (E G Bb)
III+ - F augmented (F A C#)
iv - g minor (G Bb D)
V - A major (A C# E)
VI - Bb major (Bb D F)
vii° - c# diminished (C# E G)
This formula is the same for the chords in any harmonic minor key-- minor I, diminished II, augmented III, minor IV, major V, major VI, diminished VII. As long as you know all the notes in the harmonic minor scale with which you're working, you can quickly figure out the chords by checking them against that formula (the fourth scale degree will always be a minor chord, for example, and the fifth degree will always be a major chord, using the notes in the harmonic minor scale).
how to convert piano chords into minor?
Q. like I wanna play a song, and I wanna make the chords minor to make it sound darker, but how do I do it. Is there like a way to do such? Help would be great, thanks!
A. You might want to mean a minor progression chord. Yup, it is possible. Converting pieces from major progression(where your main chord is a major) to minor progression(where your main chord is a minor) is a little bit tiresome. But, I'll try to explain this as brief but precise and easy to understand as i could.
The result of converting the major progression depends on what minor scale you would like to use.
The most common scale is the Harmonic Minor on its descending order (I call it personally HMDO). That is, 1 2 â3 4 5 â6 â7 8. Why HMDO? It is because HMDO scales are very similar to Major scales(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8). For example in A minor scale(on HMDO):A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A', just move the first two notes and you'll get the C Major scale!
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1.) Ok. Start making a list of the chords that are used.
2.) Identify what is the main/root chord being used. Move or transpose that chord 3 halfsteps/frets(or 1 & 1/2 wholesteps) DOWN . Example: G => E, C => A, D => B, and etc.
3.) Minor that chord. Ex: E =>Em, A => Am, B => Bm, etc. This will later become you root chord.
4.) Look for the fifth chords(if available) from the list. 5th chords are found by moving 4 notes up from the root note of a major scale. For example, if you have a C major chord progression, the major scale therefore is on C scale. That is, C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C'. Moving 4 notes from the root note which is C, we get G. Another one is, if you have an F major chord progression, the major scale therefore is on F scale. That is, F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F'. Moving 4 notes from the root note which is F, we get C.
5.) OPTIONALLY, move or transpose that chord(i refer to the 5th chord) down 3 halfsteps/frets. For example: D => B, G =>E and etc. So why optionally? Doing this step will make your chord progression more darker and 'minorer' to listen. But, if this results to a terrible sound/output, leave this step. Sometimes, you can also play either the natural 5th chord or the transposed 5th chord on one song. There are song that really have this type of progression.
6.) Leave the other chords as is. Don't change anything on them but if you think that you must have to do something on those chords, just do it. There's no NOs in music. Your style, your music!
7.) That's all, You're now have the converted minor progression chord
Those are the basics of transposing major progressions to minor progressions. And lastly, Experiment!
That's all for not now. Hope i helped.
piano minor chord inversions?
Q. Does anyone know the inversions for the minor chords on piano,if you do could you tell me? thanks :)
A. a minor is A, C, E in root position, C, E, A in first inversion, and E, A, C in second inverstion.
e minor is E, G, B in root position, G, B, E in first inversion, and B, E, G in second inversion.
b minor is B, D, F# in root position, D, F#, B in first inversion, and F#, B, D in second inversion.
f# minor is F#, A, C# in root position, A, C#, F# in first inversion, and C#, F#, A in second inversion.
c# minor is C#, E, G# in root position, E, G#, C# in first inversion, and G#, C#, E in second inversion.
g# minor is G#, B, D# in root position, B, D#, G# in first inversion, and D#, G#, B in second inversion.
eb minor is Eb, Gb, Bb in root position, Gb, Bb, Eb in first inversion, and Bb, Eb, Gb in second inversion.
bb minor is Bb, Db, F in root position, Db, F, Bb in first inversion, and F, Bb, Db in second inversion.
f minor is F, Ab, C in root position, Ab, C, F in first inversion, and C, F, Ab in second inversion.
c minor is C, Eb, G in root position, Eb, G, C in first inversion, and G, C, Eb in second inversion.
g minor is G, Bb, D in root position, Bb, D, G in first inversion, and D, G, Bb in second inversion.
d minor is D, F, A in root position, F, A, D in first inversion, and A, D, F in second inversion.
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