Originally posted by SBPC:
I have a question relative to the Roman numeral chord sequence notation. I understand that the sequence of say I-V-II in the key of C (for example) represents chords whose roots are
C-G-D. But as far as determining whether the chord is a major, minor, 7th, etc. I don't see how that is determined by the Roman numeral sequence. What am I missing?
Paul C.
Sorry for not being for more specific. The Roman numerals signify the degrees of a scale. In a 'Major' (ionian) scale:
I : major
II: minor
III: minor
IV: major
V: dominant 7th
VI: minor
VII: 1/2 diminished
Perhaps a better way to distinguish the quality of the chords built on the scale degrees would be to notate the minor degrees in small case and the 1/2 diminished chord with a '0' with a slash going thru it. Unfortunately I don't know how to notate the slash to this posting so I'll have to just show the 0 part:
Major Scale:
I - ii - iii - IV - V7 - vi - vi0
Originally posted by SBPC:
Scott,
I agree with Terry. It would be great if you could find the time to present a mini-course to share some of your knowledge along these lines.
Hi Paul. I'm certain most members here don't want me wasting SZ bandwidth posting on and on about basic music theory. but fortunately there's already a wealth of information on the internet covering this topic.
Just go to 'Goggle' and search these words: piano, keyboard, voice leading, chord progressions, chord voicings, etc.
Here are a couple I found:
http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/lesson.html http://www.apassion4jazz.net/progressions2.html
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