The first chord and the last chord is D minor and it’s obviously in the key of D minor. Whereas in a major key they’re all major aren’t they? One, four and five. The 4 chord is minor, but the 5 chord is major. In minor the one chord in a minor key, the 1 chord is minor. The primary chords in the key of D minor are D minor, 1 chord, the 4 chord, G minor and the 5 chord, A. What makes it relative? It’s a relative because it uses the same scale. Then we looked at the key of D minor which is relative to F major. The F chord, the B flat and the C chord, right? When we play in the key of F we’re basing our playing on that scale of F and the primary chords are 1, 4 and 5. We looked at the scale of F which had the one flat in it, B flat. The others are either augmented or diminished trais which don’t really function too well as the home based chords for a given key. The only useful secondary chord in a minor key is the 2 chord. The primary chords in a minor key are 1, 4 and 5, but the secondary chords are different. I think the reason for that is what we discussed yesterday. They are written in minor keys, but you will hear then change from major to minor and then back to minor. There are several, well more than several. ![]() ![]() They kind of toggle back and forth between major and minor. This is Duane and today I’d like to take a look at songs that use both major & minor keys in the same song. ![]() Songs That Toggle Between Major & Minor Keys
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