Chord/Scale Relations
 
 Overview 

 1) Sound and Music 

 2) The Major Scale 

 3) Chords and Harmony 

 4) Scales and Melody 

 5) Meter and Rhythm 

 6) Chord/Scale Relations 
    Introduction 
    Scale Tones 
    Scale Tone Triads 
    Other Scale Tone Chords 
    C Major Scale Chords 
    Major Scale Progressions 
    C Melodic Minor Chords 
    Melodic Minor Progressions 
    C Harmonic Minor Chords 
    Harmonic Minor Progressions 
    Related Chords of Other Keys 
    Roman Numeral Notation 
    Key Centres 

 7) Playing with Chords 

 8) Playing with Scales 

 9) Writing Songs 



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(6.4)  C Major Scale Chords

The table below summarises the related chords we have discovered in the last two topics.

It shows the full set of chords of three, four and five notes built from alternate scale tones of C Major.





Using alternating notes is not the only technique for building related chords from a scale, although it is generally a good starting point.

We can also form related chords from any other combination of scale tones.  Here are few additional examples.




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