Take it From the Top 3 

Chords from Scales …

Start on G and follow the Tone, Tone, Semi-Tone pattern
to find out what the different notes in the scale

D#
Eb E
D
F

C#
Db F#
Gb

C G

G#
B A# Ab
Bb A
G A B C D E F# G
How do you know what chords
you would use if your piece is in
the key of G?
 Do You Know your Roman Numerals?

G A B C D E F# (G)
I II III IV V VI VII (I)
 To make a chord, play a note, miss a note,
play a note, miss a note, play a note

G A B C D E F# (G)
I II III IV V VI VII (I)

Chord I in G Major uses the notes

G, B and D
 To make a chord, play a note, miss a note,
play a note, miss a note, play a note

G A B C D E F# (G)
I II III IV V VI VII (I)

What notes would be in Chord IV ?

Find out chords I IV and V in D Major
Step 1 – Use your Magic Wheel to work out the 8 notes
of your scale of D Major (Hint, first one is D…) (and the
last one is D)
T T S T T TS
Step 2 – Write our your scale with the Roman Numerals
underneath the letters (Hint, the first one, under D,
would be I )
 Major or Minor?
Major chords sound happy 

Minor chords sound sad 

The intervals (how many jumps on the magic wheel to get from one
note to another) can tell you whether the chord is major or minor

C Minor
C Eb G
3 4
D Major
D F# A
4 3