To further confuse matters, you may see some people (for example, books by Walter Piston or William Caplin) refer to these chords as the following: I II III IV V VI VII You may see some people refer to the chords in the minor scale like this: i ii˚ III iv v VI VIIĪs they are assuming that the scale degrees we are using are from the minor scale. This system works by comparing scale degrees to the major scale. I like to use this system as it refers directly the scale degree that is being used. I have referred to minor chords, using numerals as: i ii˚ bIII iv v bVI bVII

If we take the above table and apply it to all minor keys, we can find all the possible chords from all minor keys: In this article, we’ll look at how to harmonise the minor scale to get these chords, different minor scale chord progressions and some examples in different minor keys on guitar. If we harmonise the natural minor scale, we get the following chords: i (minor), ii˚ (diminished), bIII (major), iv (minor), v (minor), bVI (major) and bVII (major): Scale Degree When we talk about chords in minor scales, we are usually thinking about chords from the natural minor scale (sometimes called the Aeolian mode).

B flat minor scale vii