![]() ![]() Relative major and minor are explained in music theory firstly as relative keys where the two related keys share the same key signature. One thing to be aware of is do not combine sharps and flats, for example, D# minor is the relative minor of F# major, not Gb major. The relative major and minor keys are always 2 scale tones and 2 letters away from each other, down from major to minor and up from minor to major.Ĭ# minor: C#,D#,E the relative major is E majorĪb major Ab,G,F the relative minor is F minorīb minor: Bb,C,Db the relative major is Db majorĮ major: E,D#,C# the relative minor is C# minorĪs you can see they are all 2 letters and 2 scale tones apart, as is everything else on the chart. ![]() Get there by countng forward 1-2-3 (ABC). The relative major is built on the 3rd degree of the minor scale. You can get there by counting forward 1-6 (CDEFGA) or backward 1-7-6 (CBA). The relative minor is built on the 6th degree of the major scale. I manually added the relative minor keys for 7 sharps and flats: Gb/Ebm and F#/D#m are 6 flats and sharps respectivelyī/G#m (5 sharps) is enharmonically the same as Cb/Abm (7 flats). That actually makes 15 keys BUT three of them are represented in two ways each because they can be either flat or a sharp keys.ĭb/Bbm (5 flats) is enharmonically the same as C#/A#m (7 sharps) It also shows the progression of zero to 7 sharps and flats. Major keys are upper case in red and minor keys are lower case in green. Every point in the circle represents a relative major and minor key. The circle of 5ths chart below shows all 12 keys in both major and minor. Although you have already accepted an answer I think a more detailed explanation is necessary so you truly understand how this works.įirst, in order to understand relative majors and minors you need to learn and know about keys. ![]()
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