Welcome to another edition of “What Key Am I In?”
If you haven’t seen my past ones, click here to check out game #1, or here for game #2. (It’ll really help, especially if you feel lost below).
Since yesterday’s post was about minor keys, I want to keep it going by asking you, “What Minor Key Am I In?”
In my minor key, I have these chords:
Ab major 7
Bb minor 7
Db major 7
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Answer:
F minor
Explanation:
Remember that F is the relative minor of Ab major and they share the same exact key signature, notes in their scale, and chords that correspond to their scale tones.
If you think in terms of the relative major keys, it’s a lot easier because you’ll probably be more familiar with them.
So basically, ask yourself “what major key has an Abmaj7, Bbmin7, and Dbmaj7?” There’s only one and it’s Ab major.
Then, from there, you just figure out the relative minor of Ab.
That gives you F minor!
Any questions? Post em below…
Until next time!
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Jermaine, I looked at the chords and immediately assumed it was in Ab; then I checked my table of chords in a Minor Scale to find which degree had a major chord followed by a minor chord, and followed by a third which is a major chord. This showed me that Ab major was the third degree of the scale, therefore the tonic was F. You already specified that it was a Minor Key exercise, so the answer was F minor. Then I checked the F Minor Scale, to verify. So you will notice that I actually used some of your explanation. Good re-inforcement exercise! Keep posting. Thanks.
Keep em coming Jermaine.A week ago or even 24 hours ago i would not have got the question right but i did.Definate progress due to Jermaine’s teaching.Thank you and God bless Jermaine.
First of all, thanks for the free info on your site!
My question is with this particular equation up above. If you have: AbM7, Bbm7, & DbM7, couldn’t you also be in the key of Bbm7 because of the rule of having Bbm7 as the I (tonic chord), the AbM7 as the seventh (Major), and the DbM7 as being the III chord (Major)?