This step shows how to identify the notes and the name of a 7th chord whose root note is the 1st scale degree of the F# natural minor scale. The steps below will show how this works for each 7th chord in turn, but in practice it might just be easier to memorize the triad quality table in the Scale chord summary for each scale type. Taken together, the combination of the 3rd, 5th and 7th note intervals will define the complete 7th chord quality name. To decide the name the chord quality, each step below will use note intervals to calculate how many half-tones / semitones / piano keys between the root and the 3rd, 5th and 7th notes.). Should each 7th chord that we build be called diminished, half-diminished, minor minor-major, dominant, major, augmented, or augmented-major ?Įvery 7th chord must have one of these quality names.
This pattern is repeated for all 7 notes in the scale, resulting in 7 seventh chords.Īlthough the above method identifies each 7th chord notes from the scale used, it does not identify the complete chord name including its quality. the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th positions relative to that 2nd root note. The second 7th chord below will repeat this, but this time starting on the 2nd note, so its notes will be G#, B, D and F# - ie. Identifying the 4 notes in the chordħth chords are built using the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th notes of a scale, so the first 7th chord below will constructed a chord using notes F#, A, C# and E. The 7th chord will be built using only the notes of the scale we are interested in. Starting from the 1st scale note, each lesson step below will take each note in turn and construct a 7th chord using that note as the root / starting note of that chord. The piano keyboard below contains the notes of the F# natural minor scale. This step shows the scale note names that will be used to construct all 7th chords that harmonize with those scale notes. G# half-diminished 7th chord in 3rd inversion G# half-diminished 7th chord in 2nd inversion G# half-diminished 7th chord in 1st inversion G# half-diminished 7th chord in root position The half-diminished symbol ' ø' is placed after the roman numerals to indicate this is a half-diminished 7th chord.Ĭhord names for F-sharp minor chord 2 Chord position Just like a minor chord, the half-diminished 7th chord is constructed using a minor third interval, so the roman numeral is shown in lower case.
The roman numeral for number 2 is ' ii', and is used to indicate this is the 2nd chord in the scale. This supertonic 7th chords root / starting note is the 2nd note (or scale degree) of the F# natural minor scale. The F-sharp minor chord ii ø 7 is the G# half-dim7 chord, and contains the notes G#, B, D, and F#. Repeat the process in reverse to come back down the scale.This step shows the supertonic 7th chord of the F-sharp minor scale. When the thumb reaches the F, cross the second finger over to finish the scale on the F#. When the thumb hits the B, cross over with the third finger to hit the C#. The left hand starts on the fourth finger and works it's way to the thumb.
Walking back down the scale uses the same fingering in reverse. Finish the scale with the third finger on the F#. Continue until the third finger gets to the C#, then cross the thumb under to hit the D. From there hit the G# with the third finger, cross the thumb under to hit the A. Starting with the second finger of the right hand, hit the F#. After you've got the notes memorized, continue on and I'll show you the fingering. The notes to the scale are F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, F, and F#. The next scale we are going to learn is the F sharp minor harmonic scale.
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