Diatonic Chords
• Dia [greek] 'throughout; across'
• Tonic [greek] 'tone [key center]'
Diatonic: all the notes throughout the key (of the major scale).
• Tonic [greek] 'tone [key center]'
Diatonic: all the notes throughout the key (of the major scale).
Building triads from each scale degree the following pattern appears:
| 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B | 1 : C | 2 : D | 3 : E | 4 : F |
| 3 : E | 4 : F | 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B | 1 : C | 2 : D |
| 1 : C | 2 : D | 3 : E | 4 : F | 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B |
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| Major | Minor | Minor | Major | Major | Minor | Diminished |
Diatonic Triads:
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@-
#-
$
%
^-
&º
Building seventh chords from each scale degree the following pattern appears:
| 7 : B | 1 : C | 2 : D | 3 : E | 4 : F | 5 : G | 6 : A |
| 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B | 1 : C | 2 : D | 3 : E | 4 : F |
| 3 : E | 4 : F | 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B | 1 : C | 2 : D |
| 1 : C | 2 : D | 3 : E | 4 : F | 5 : G | 6 : A | 7 : B |
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Diatonic 7th chords:
!M7
@-7
#-7
$M7
%7
^-7
&ø7