MAJOR/MINOR KEYS RELATIONSHIP (SHARP & FLAT KEYS)

CONTENT

1. Introduction
2. Relative Major and Minor
3. Major Keys with Sharps and their Relatives
4. Major Keys with Flats and their Relatives

Introduction

There is no minor scale without relative major and there is no major without its relative minor. Relative minor is built upon the 6^th degree (submediant) of its relative major.

Relative Major and Minor

The relative minor of a major key has the same key signature and starts down a minor third (or equivalently up a major sixth).

Major Keys with Sharps and their Relatives

From the above examples you will observe that:

A minor is relative to C major

E minor is relative to G major

B minor is relative to D major

F sharp minor is relative to A major

C sharp minor is relative to E major

G sharp minor is relative to B major

D sharp minor is relative to F sharp major

A sharp minor is relative to C sharp major.