This article will take you through learning the C Minor Chord Progression!
In the progression, there are 7 chords. 3 major chords, 3 minor chords, and a diminshed seventh chord.
The C 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 C 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 B in the musical alphabet, you would get this.
- C - Whole step to D.
- D - Half step to Eb.
- Eb - Whole step to F.
- F - Whole step to G.
- G - Half step to Ab.
- Ab - Whole step Bb.
- Bb - Whole to C.
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.
