Minor Tonality
Diatonic Chord and Diatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Im7 Natural Minor IIø Locrian bIIIΔ7 Major IVm7 Dorian Vm7 Phrygian bVIΔ7 Lydian bVII7 Mixolydian Harmonic Minor Scale
ImΔ7 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7 IIø 1,b2,b3,4,b5,6,b7 bIIIΔ7(#5) 1,2,3,4,#5,6,7 IVm7 1,2,b3,#4,5,6,b7 V7 1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7 bVIΔ7 1,#2,3,#4,5,6,7 VIIo7 1,b2,b3,3,b5,b6,6 Melodic Minor Scale
ImΔ7 1,2,b3,4,5,6,7 IIm7 1,b2,b3,4,5,6,b7 bIIIΔ7(#5) 1,2,3,#4,#5,6,7 IV7 1,2,3,#4,5,6,7 V7 1,2,3,4,5,b6,7 VIø 1,2,b3,4,b5,b6,b7 VIIø 1,b2,b3,3,b5,b6,b7
Diatonic Chord Function
Tonic Minor (Tm)
Im6 (Im9, ImΔ7), VIø, bIII6 (bIIIΔ7)
Sub-Dominant Minor (SDm)
IVm7 (Im6, Im9), IIø, bVIΔ7 (bIV6), bVII7
Dominant Minor (Dm)
Vm7
Dominant (D)
V7, VIIo7
Classification By Frequency Of Use
Common Chord : The chord used frequently
ImΔ7, IIø, bIIIΔ7, IVm7, V7, bVIΔ7, bVII7
Alternate Chord : The chord used less frequently than the common chord
Im7, IIm7, bIIIΔ7(#5), IV7, Vm7, VIø, VIIIo
Parent Scale
Common Chord
Chord Parent 2nd Parent ImΔ7 Mm Hm IIø Nm Hm bIIIΔ7 Nm IVm7 Nm Hm V7 Hm Mm bVIΔ7 Nm Hm bVII7 Nm Alternate Chord
Chord Parent 2nd Parent Im7 Nm IIm7 Mm bIIIΔ7(#5) Mm Hm IV7 Mm Vm7 Mm VIø Mm VIIo7 Hm