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Major Keys Guitar Chord Chart Key I V E E B F F C F# F# C# G♭ G♭ D♭ 10 more rows

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Guitar Chord Key Chart

NOTE: This lesson contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This helps cover costs of maintaining this website. Below is a guitar chord key chart the major and minor keys. A chord key chart outlines the diatonic chords, or the chords that naturally occur in a given key. Guitar key charts are useful when trying to figure out the key of a song. If you know the chords of a song, you can list them out and compare them to the chords in the chart to help determine the key. These guitar key charts can also be used as a reference to help guide chord selection and substitution. This is particularly useful when writing your own chord progressions. In addition to the charts below, a really useful tool is the chord wheel. It’s based on the circle of fifths and allows you to rotate the wheel to any key and shows you the chords within that key. It also arranges them according to chord function to provide a little more context for choosing chords for a progression.

Major Keys Guitar Chord Chart

The guitar key chart below describes the chords belonging to the major keys. The top row of the chart lists the intervals and qualities of the chord.

Uppercase numerals represent major chords while lowercase represent minor chords.

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Key I ii iii IV V vi* vii C C Dm Em F G Am Bm♭5 C# C# D#m E#m F# G# A#m B#m♭5 D♭ D♭ E♭m Fm G♭ A♭ B♭m Cm♭5 D D Em F#m G A Bm C#m♭5 E♭ E♭ Fm Gm A♭ B♭ Cm Dm♭5 E E F#m G#m A B C#m D#m♭5 F F Gm Am B♭ C Dm Em♭5 F# F# G#m A#m B C# D#m E#m♭5 G♭ G♭ A♭m B♭m C♭ D♭ E♭m Fm♭5 G G Am Bm C D Em F#m♭5 A♭ A♭ B♭m Cm D♭ E♭m Fm Gm♭5 A A Bm C#m D E F#m G#m♭5 B♭ B♭ Cm Dm E♭ F Gm Am♭5 B B C# D# E F# G#m A#m♭5 * The vi (6th) interval of a major key is the relative minor key. The relative major/minor keys share the same key signature and chords, only the intervals are re-numbered to reflect the minor root. Read more about relative major and minor keys.

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Minor Keys Guitar Chord Chart

The key chord chart below lists out the chords for the minor keys. Again, the top row represents the interval for each chord.

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Key i ii III iv v VI VII Am Am Bm♭5 C Dm Em F G A#m A#m B#m♭5 C# D#m E#m F# G# B♭m B♭m Cm♭5 D♭ E♭m Fm G♭ A♭ Bm Bm C#m♭5 D Em F#m G A Cm Cm Dm♭5 E♭ Fm Gm A♭ B♭ C#m C#m Dm♭5 E F#m G#m A B Dm Dm Em♭5 F Gm Am B♭ C D#m D#m E#m♭5 F# G#m A#m B C# E♭m E♭m Fm♭5 G♭ A♭m B♭m C♭ D♭ Em Em F#m♭5 G Am Bm C D Fm Fm Gm♭5 A♭ B♭m Cm D♭ E♭m F#m F#m G#m♭5 A Bm C#m D E Gm Gm Am♭5 B♭ Cm Dm E♭ F G#m G#m A#m♭5 B C# D# E F# * The III (3rd) interval of a minor key is the relative major key. The relative major/minor keys share the same key signature and chords, only the intervals are re-numbered to reflect the minor root. Read more about relative major and minor keys.

Determining the Chords of a Key

Chords of a given key are built from the scale of the key center. For instance, chords in the key of C major are built from the C major scale. The chord and chord quality is determined by the intervals between the notes in a scale. To learn more about how chords in a key are made, check out the lesson Building Chords from the Major Scale. It’ll walk you through the steps of creating the major and minor chords of a key.

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