Chords in the Key of C Major (C, F, G7)
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Chords in the Key of C Major:
In the first few months of our guitar lessons we have been playing in the key of C Major. If you remember we have one key for each note name. So going through our lists of notes…A B C D E G G, we would have a key for each of these notes. For example we would have A Major, B Major, C Major, D Major and so on.
Also if you review the article on Accidentals, we will have a key for each of these names too. For Example…Ab Major, Bb Major, Db Major, Eb Major and so on.
The key of C Major does not have any sharps or flats occurring naturally. You will sometimes see “forced sharps and flats” as they will be shown with the # or b symbol in front of the note.
Each and every key has a set of 3 chords that belong to that key. In the case of C Major, we have the chords of C, F and G7th. Additionally each Major key has a related Minor key – it is really called a relative minor key.
Key of C Major:
Try to think of these keys and chords as members of your family. The Key of C Major would be your immediate family.The C chord would be you, the F chord your brother and G7th chord your sister.
Since you are around your family you see your brother and sister all the time and they see you all of the time. This is just as it is with the C Major chords. You see them all the time and play them all the time in the Key of C Major.
Chords in the Key of A Minor (Am, Dm, E7)
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Relative Key of A Minor:
Lets think of the Key of A Minor as your Uncles’ family and the three chord in the key of Am minor are Am, Dm and E7th. These are your three cousins. You don’t see them nearly as often as your brother and sister, but they are around every once in a while. This is as it is in the Key of A Minor. They are related but you don’t use them all of the time in the key of C Major.
Note: Whenever you see just a “7″ like E7 you still say E Seventh. When you see a little “m” like Am you say A minor.
The Chords:
So wrapping this up, in these chord diagrams, you have 2 keys:
Key of C Major
Key of A Minor (Relative to C Major)
The chords are as follows:
C F G7
Am Dm E7
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