This article will take you through learning the A Minor Chord Progression!
In the progression, there are 7 chords. 3 major chords, 3 minor chords, and a diminshed seventh chord.
The A Minor scale has 7 notes, and each note has a corresponding chord in the progression.
After the seventh note the scale repeats in a different octave.
To know what notes we need for the scale, we use a format specific to the Minor scale.
In the format we use a combination of whole steps and half steps from the root note (which is A for this progression).
It looks like this:
- Whole step.
- Half Step.
- Whole step.
- Whole step.
- Half step.
- Whole step.
- Whole step.
So if you start at A in the musical alphabet, you would get this.
- A - Whole step to B.
- B - Half step to C.
- C - Whole step to D.
- D - Whole step to E.
- E - Half step to F.
- F - Whole step G.
- G - Whole to A.
The pattern should always land back on the root note, which as was said earlier will then repeat the pattern in a different octave.
For a Minor Chord Progression we use the following format to find out which chord should be a major chord, minor chord, or diminished chord.
The numbers on the top indicate the chord, or note, that is going to be a major, minor, or diminished.
