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    The three most common chords in any key are the I, IV, and V chords, which are major chords built on the first, fourth, and fifth degrees of the major scale. The next most frequent chord is the vi chord, which is a minor chord built on the sixth degree. Two other commonly used chords that don't naturally occur in the key are major chords on the II and flat VII degrees. Minor chords on the II and III degrees are also commonly encountered.

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    The three most common chords in any key are the I, IV, and V chords, which are major chords built on the first, fourth, and fifth degrees of the major scale. The next most frequent chord is the vi chord, which is a minor chord built on the sixth degree. Two other commonly used chords that don't naturally occur in the key are major chords on the II and flat VII degrees. Minor chords on the II and III degrees are also commonly encountered.

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    The three most common chords in any key are the I, IV, and V chords, which are major chords built on the first, fourth, and fifth degrees of the major scale. The next most frequent chord is the vi chord, which is a minor chord built on the sixth degree. Two other commonly used chords that don't naturally occur in the key are major chords on the II and flat VII degrees. Minor chords on the II and III degrees are also commonly encountered.

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    Common chords in any key

    -The three chords most frequently used are built


    upon the first, forth, and fifth degrees of the
    major scale.

    C D E F G A B

    I II III IV V VI VII

    -The next chord most frequently encountered is a


    minor chord built upon the sixth degree of the scale.

    C D E F G Am B

    I II III IV V VIm VII

    -Two commonly used chords, that don’t occur


    naturally in the key, are major chords built on the
    second and flatted seventh degrees of the scale.

    C D E F G A Bb
    I II III IV V VI bVII

    -Two other common chords are minor chords built


    on the second and third degrees of the scale.

    C Dm Em F G A B

    I IIm IIIm IV V VI VII

    *These chord relationships can be seen clearly on the circle of 5ths

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