DIATONIC COMMON CHORDS

DIATONIC COMMON CHORDS

Common chords between a major key and its closely related keys
	I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
vi	III	iv	v	VI	VII	i
IV	V	vi	vii°	I	ii	iii	IV
ii	VII	i	ii°	III	iv	v	VI
V	IV	V	vi	vii°	I	ii	iii
iii	VI	VII	i	ii°	III	iv	V

How to read this chart:

The blue bar indicates the diatonic triads of a major scale
The green boxes indicate the common chords between the major scale
and the closely related keys of vi, IV, ii, V and iii.
The red boxes indicate chords that are not in common.
The yellow boxes show the minor v chords that can be use as pivot
chords when not used as a dominant function.

Common chords between a minor key and its closely related keys
i	i	ii°	III	iv	v	V	VI	VII	vii°
III	vi	vii°	I	ii	iii	iii	IV	V	V
VI	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°	vii°	I	ii	ii
iv	v	VI	vii°	i	ii°	ii°	III	iv	iv
VII	ii°	iii	IV	V	vi	vi	vii°	I	I
v	iv	v	VI	VII	i	i	ii°	III	III

The blue bar indicates the diatonic triads of a minor scale
The green boxes indicate the common chords between the major scale
and the closely related keys of III, VI, iv, VII and v.

LEGEND
Common chord
Possible common chord
Not a common chord


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