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So to get from a minor chord to its relative major, you move up a minor 3rd interval from its root. To get from a major chord to its relative minor, you move down a whole and half step from its root. The table below shows this relative relationship in several keys.
- Can you modulate to relative minor?
- Does a chord progression have to be in the same key?
- Do relative minors have the same chords?
Can you modulate to relative minor?
Modulating to a Relative Key
Modulating from a major key to its relative minor (or vice versa) is one of the easiest ways to perform modulation because the obstacle of changing to a key with different accidentals does not exist.
Does a chord progression have to be in the same key?
In your average chord progression, most of the time all of the notes will stay in the scale that correlates with the key of your song. If the song is in G major, your chords will contain notes that are found in that scale- G major, C major, D major, E minor, A minor, B minor.
Do relative minors have the same chords?
Relative scales are major and minor scales that share the same notes and chords, and therefore the same key signature. Every major scale has a relative minor scale and every minor scale has a relative major scale.
