Diatonic Chords in Major and Minor Keys

1. Diatonic Chords in Major and Minor Keys Chapter 4

2. Tonal Music Major Triad Minor Triad Diminished Triad Augmented Triad Major Seven Minor Seven Major Minor Seven Half Diminished Seven Fully Diminished Seven • Tonal Music is a system of music where hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a center pitch called a tonic. • Hierarchy A system where objects are placed at levels above or below other objects.

3. Musical Hierarchy Listen: Her Majesty by the Beatles The importance of TONIC

4. Chords in Tonal Music Diatonic Chords Altered Chords / Chromatic Chords • Chords made up only from the notes of the scale • i.e. All Diatonic Chords in the key of C major would ONLY have white keys • Chords that may use notes not from the scale.

5. Before we compose with these chords, we are going to learn how to recognize them.

6. Return to scales for a moment…. Minor Scale Major Scale • Harmonic • Natural • Melodic • Yo the major scale

7. A unified minor scale

8. How composers use the various forms… D natural minor – D E F G A Bb C D harmonic -- D E F G A Bb C# D melodic -- D E F G A B C# D

9. When to use raised/lowered 6 and 7 Raised Lowered • More natural to raise 6 and 7 going up (ascending) • A single raised 7 indicates a return to the tonic (usually) • More natural to lower 6 and 7 going down (descending) Let’s look at an example…..

10. Mozart PhantasieNo. 2 and No. 3 First look at No. 2 • What is the key signature? • What major key would this be? • What minor key would this be? • Are there any accidentals? • How we know its minor…. • Accidentals • Starting and ending harmonies