 WWHWWWH for major and Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole  notated

as WHWWHWW for minor.
o E.g. for A maj scale chords/notes are : a,b,c#,d,e,f#,g#,a
o E.g. for G maj scale : g, a, b, c, d, e, f#
 Chords: G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F#dim
 Diatonic notes: notes which belong to a scale(all alphabets should come)
 Diatonic chords: chords made from diatonic notes i.e. notes of the scale
o Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, dim
 So here chords are: Amaj, Bm, C#m, Dmaj, Emaj, F#m, G#(dim)
 Names
a,b,c#,d,e,f#,g#,a
I. Amaj Tonic
II. Bm super tonic
III. C#m mediant
IV. Dmaj sub dominant
V. Emaj dominant
VI. F#m sub mediant
VII. G#(dim) leading tone
o I, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii
 Composition:
o Tonic is HOME
o Sub dominant leads to dominant, Dominant leads to tonic(i.e. IV V I
or D E A)
o Common pattern : I, VI, IV, V ( A F#m D E )
 sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa = C D E F G A B C

 My range : g2 – g4( g2, a2, b2, c3, d3, e3, f3, g3, a3, b3, c4, d4, e4, f4, g4)
 Wherever the last note/chord songs ends (or starts) that’s the key
 Experiment stages
o Stage 1: pick a progression of a scale like I,VI,IV,V e.g. a, f#m, dmaj, emaj. Now make
anyone of the chord as min e.g. Dmin. Make a progression using this chord and
other chords of the scale.
o Stage 2: pick any random pattern of chords
 Now either make sense to it by melody
 Or through music theory (to see exactly how)
 Minor scale
o http://ianchadwick.com/blog/wwhwwwh/
o 2122122
 o E natural minor scale notes: E F# G A B C D
o Natural minor key chord sequence: min dim maj min min maj maj

i iidim III iv v VI VII

Emin F#dim Gmaj Amin Bmin Cmaj Dmaj