The purpose of this page is to make it easy to transpose between keys within the major or natural minor scales. Simply replace chords from the original scale with those from the same table column in the desired new scale, i.e. maintaining the same intervals in the progression.
The information here is nothing new, just what I have learned from other sources. I believe the presentation is original however, instead of the 'circle of fifths' here are tables to show the structure of the keys.
Major Scales (Interval - Tone, Tone, Semi, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semi) i.e. Ionian Mode
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||
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tonic | sub dominant | dominant | (relative minor) | number and order of sharps and flats in key signature |
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F# | G# | A# | B | C# | D# | E# (F) | F# | ###### | |||||||
B | C# | D# | E | F# | G# | A# | B | ^ | | | ##### | |||||
E | F# | G# | A | B | C# | D# | E | | | | | #### | |||||
A | B | C# | D | E | F# | G# | A | | s | f | | ### | |||||
D | E | F# | G | A | B | C# | D | | h | l | | ## | |||||
G | A | B | C | D | E | F# | G | | a | a | | # | |||||
------ | --- | ------ | --- | -- up perfect fifth -- | --- | -----> | | r | t | | |||||||
C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | | p | s | | natural |
------ | --- | ------ | --- | -- down perfect fourth -> | | s | | | |||||||||
F | G | A | Bb | C | D | E | F | | | v | b | |||||
Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | A | Bb | bb | |||||||
Eb | F | G | Ab | Bb | C | D | Eb | bbb | |||||||
Ab | Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | G | Ab | bbbb | |||||||
Db | Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Bb | C | Db | bbbbb | |||||||
Gb | Ab | Bb | Cb (B) | Db | Eb | F | Gb | bbbbbb | |||||||
major second | |||||||||||||||
major third | |||||||||||||||
perfect fourth | |||||||||||||||
perfect fifth | |||||||||||||||
major sixth | |||||||||||||||
major seventh | |||||||||||||||
octave |
Natural Minor Scales (Interval - Tone, Semi, Tone, Tone, Semi, Tone, Tone) i.e. Aeolian Mode
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||
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tonic | (relative major) | sub dominant | dominant | number and order of sharps and flats in key signature |
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D# | E#(F) | F# | G# | A# | B | C# | D# | ###### | |||||||
G# | A# | B | C# | D# | E | F# | G# | ##### | |||||||
C# | D# | E | F# | G# | A | B | C# | #### | |||||||
F# | G# | A | B | C# | D | E | F# | ### | |||||||
B | C# | D | E | F# | G | A | B | ^ | | | ## | |||||
E | F# | G | A | B | C | D | E | | | | | # | |||||
------ | --- | -- up perfect fifth -- | --- | ------ | --- | -----> | | s | f | | |||||||
A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | | h | l | | natural |
------ | --- | -- down perfect fourth -- | --- | -----> | | a | a | | |||||||||
D | E | F | G | A | Bb | C | D | | r | t | | b | |||||
G | A | Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | | p | s | | bb | |||||
C | D | Eb | F | G | Ab | Bb | C | | s | | | bbb | |||||
F | G | Ab | Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | | | v | bbbb | |||||
Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Bb | bbbbb | |||||||
Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Bb | Cb (B) | Db | Eb | bbbbbb | |||||||
major second | |||||||||||||||
minor third | |||||||||||||||
perfect fourth | |||||||||||||||
perfect fifth | |||||||||||||||
minor sixth | |||||||||||||||
minor seventh | |||||||||||||||
octave |