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Use this guitar chord key chart to understand major and minor keys, and use them to create chord progressions and harmonies.
Guitar Major Keys Chord Chart
This chart shows the major keys and the diatonic triads for each degree of the respective key/scale.
Learn more about the major scale formula here.
Click on any of the letters under “KEY” to see their full lesson.
| KEY | I | ii | iii | IV | V | vi | vii° |
| A | A | Bm | C#m | D | E | F#m | G#dim |
| Bb | Bb | Cm | Dm | Eb | F | Gm | Adim |
| B | B | C#m | D#m | E | F# | G#m | A#dim |
| C | C | Dm | Em | F | G | Am | Bdim |
| C# | C# | D#m | E#m | F# | G# | A#m | B#dim |
| Db | Db | Ebm | Fm | Gb | Ab | Bbm | Cbdim |
| D | D | Em | F#m | G | A | Bm | C#dim |
| Eb | Eb | Fm | Gm | Ab | Bb | Cm | Ddim |
| E | E | F#m | G#m | A | B | C#m | D#dim |
| F | F | Gm | Am | Bb | C | Dm | Edim |
| F# | F# | G#m | A#m | B | C# | D#m | E#dim |
| Gb | Gb | Abm | Bbm | Cb | Db | Ebm | FDim |
| G | G | Am | Bm | C | D | Em | F#dim |
| Ab | Ab | Bbm | Cm | Db | Eb | Fm | Gdim |
Major Keys Chord Chart PDF
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Guitar Minor Keys Chord Chart
This chart shows the minor keys and the diatonic triads for each degree of the respective key/scale.
Learn more about the minor scale formula here.
Once again, click on any of the letters under “KEY” to see their full lesson.
| KEY | i | ii° | III | iv | v | VI | VII |
| Amin | Am | Bdim | C | Dm | Em | F | G |
| A#min | A#m | B#dim | C# | D#m | E#m | F# | G# |
| Bbmin | Bbm | Cdim | Db | Ebm | Fm | Gb | Ab |
| Bmin | Bm | C#dim | D | Em | F#m | G | A |
| Cmin | Cm | Ddim | D# | Fm | Gm | G# | A# |
| C#min | C#m | Ebdim | E | F#m | G#m | A | B |
| Dmin | Dm | Edim | F | Gm | Am | A# | C |
| D#min | D#m | E#dim | F# | G#m | A#m | B | C# |
| Ebmin | Ebm | Fdim | F# | G#m | Bbm | B | C# |
| Emin | Em | F#dim | G | Am | Bm | C | D |
| Fmin | Fm | Gdim | G# | Bbm | Cm | C# | D# |
| F#min | F#m | G#dim | A | Bm | C#m | D | E |
| Gmin | Gm | Adim | A# | Cm | Dm | D# | F |
| G#min | G#m | Bbdim | B | C#m | Ebm | E | F# |
Minor Keys Chord Chart PDF
Lessons related to major keys
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Minor and Major Chord Key Charts PNG’s
Understanding a guitar chord key chart
A guitar chord key chart shows the notes at each degree of the respective major or natural minor scale. These notes are generally used to create diatonic chord progressions.
They’re also just great all-around tools for understanding scales and harmony.
Here’s the definition of diatonic, which will help you better understand scales.
Here’s the definition of the term “key”, from Britannica.
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