Music Theory

If you came to this website then you probably want to learn something about music theory. You may be an absolute beginner or you may already know a lot of music theory already and want to learn some more advanced topics. In either case understand that...

Parallel major and minor keys are majorand minor scales that share the same starting pitch, for example thekeys of C-Major and C-minor.Parallel Major and minor keys: C-Major and C-minorThe following shows some more examplesof parallel major and minor...

Major or minor keys that share the samekey signature are called relative keys. For example, in the key ofG-Major, which has one sharp, the notes are G, A, B, C, D, E, and F#.G-Major scale  If we instead start on the sixth scale degree of the major scale...

Borrowed chords occur when chords fromthe parallel major or minor key are used and substituted for thenormal chords of the prevailing key. In the keyof C-Major, we have the normal pattern of major, minor, anddiminished chords built on each scale degree...