The Minor Chords

There are 7 Minor chords on the white keys : Cm,Dm,Em,Fm,Gm,Am,Bm

  5 Minor chords on the black keys: Dbm, Ebm, F#m, Abm, Bbm

To build a Minor chord, we lower the third of a Major Chord a half step.

The spaces between the notes are:

1 and a half notes between the root and the third.

2 whole notes between the third and the fifth.

Examples:

the Relative minor

Next: Exercise: The minor Chords

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