To find the relative minor chord of any major key you just count down three half steps. The two keys share the same notes. Using relative minor chords is a great way to transition between major and minor without changing the key signature.

If you were playing a song in D major and want to shift to a minor sound without changing the key signature, you could move to B minor.

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Ninth Chords

A ninth chord is a chord that includes the basic notes of a seventh chord (root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th) with an added ninth. Ninth chords create a complex, jazzy

Suspended Chords

Suspended chords are often just referred to as Sus chords. There are two basic sus chords the Sus4 and Sus2. Sus4 means that the perfect 4th replaces the 3rd of

Triads – Major Inversions

The following example uses Major Triads in C.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE---------B---------G------0--D----2----A--3------E--------- C E G R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE---------B------1--G----0----D--2------A---------E--------- E