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You may wonder how to determine the key of a particular song. Let's start with the simplest key, the key of C. We'll see how to form chords in this key, then go on to other keys.

The next file, Other Keys, takes the theory in the key of C and extends it to other keys. The file after that, Chord Formation, then explains how to form chords using the theory explained so far.

How to determine which chords can be used in which keys, Chords in Keys, is next. That's followed by some theory of Chord Progressions, and then by the Circle of Fifths, a way of remembering which sharps and flats are in which keys.

Table 2 is a list of notes played in the major keys. Table 3 is a list of formulas for forming various chords. Table 8 is a list of important chords in each of the major keys. Table 9 and Table 10 list several chord progressions. Tables 11A and 11B show how the Circle of Fifths works.

1. Key of C

2. Other Keys

3. Chord Formation

4. Chords in Keys

5. Chord Progressions

6. Circle of Fifths

TABLES

Table 1. Notes in The Key of C Major.

Table 1A. Notes From Table 1, Plus Flats And Sharps.

Table 2. Notes in All Major Keys.

Table 2A. Notes in All Major Keys; Arranged By Number of Flats And Sharps.

Table 3. Chord Formulas.

Table 3A. Notes Used In Several Chords In The Key of C.

Table 4. Major, Minor, Diminished, and Augmented Chords.

Table 5. Seventh Chords.

Table 6. Fifth, Suspended Second, and Suspended Fourth Chords.

Table 7. Notes and Chords in the Key of C.

Table 8. Important Chords In All Major Keys.

Table 8A. Table 8 Arranged So "Adjacent" Keys Are In Adjacent Rows.

Table 9. Some Chord Progressions.

Table 9A. Table 9 Arranged So "Adjacent" Keys Are In Adjacent Rows.

Table 10. More Chord Progressions.

Table 10A. Table 10 Arranged So "Adjacent" Keys Are In Adjacent Rows.

Table 11A. Circle Of Fifths For Sharped Keys.

Table 11B. Circle Of Fifths For Flatted Keys.

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