how to tell the song key — текст песни (misc)

How to tell the song key
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by : christian strowitzki
comments : chriseinziger@hotmail.com



Am
Dm Em
C
F G
Gm Bm
Bb D

Cm Eb A Fm

Ab E
Fm Cm
Db Gb B
F
Bbm Gm
Ebm
Dm

How to use this circle
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I f the key is C (major) the letter left* of the
C will indicate the subdominant (F) and the one
on the right* the dominant (G).
So you have to use the chords C, F and G
If there are minor chords in the song, they will
be Am, Dm and Em (Usually it would be Em7, but
that means going deeper)
(*right means here clockwise, left means the other
way around)

If the key is Bbm, all* possible chords were: Bbm,
Ebm, Fm, Db, Gb, Ab.
(*if the song really sticks to the standard
scheme, some songs have additional chords which
don`t fit to this rule)

The parallel minor scale to C is Am, the parallel
major scale to Fm is Ab.