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For those of the sharp-eyed and keen sensed out there a pattern may appear.
Don’t panic if you can’t see it yet, all will be revealed.

Let’s look at C. Think back to when we were talking about 1st, 4th, 5th’s. You
may notice that on the left of C if the 4th (F) and on the right is the 5th (G).
That pattern will be whatever chord letter you look at.

Great, now we have a tool that can help us to find what major chords go with
what. But what about the minors?

Well, as we know from before, the relative minor to C is Am. If we look at
where A is in relation to C we’ll notice it is at 3 o’clock if it were a clock face.
Nice and simple, again that follows the pattern for all chords on the circle. But
there is another little cool trick. If we look at A, it has D and E either side. As
minors these can also be used with the Key of C.

Take a look at the diagram below which will hopefully explain all I have just
said.

5th Chord

Root Chord
4th (1st)
Chord

Relative

Usable Minors Minor
(Dm, Em) (Am)

Again, don’t panic. This is just a tool to help you with finding chords.

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