Originally Posted by Gordon Scott
Originally Posted by MarioD
I agree. I was assuming (I know!) that PGM would use the correct spelling of chords, thus Am would be 1-b3-5. Relative minors are never 6-1-3.
I think I disagree with that, probably because I see a different context.

In the key of C, the Am chord is the minor sixth of C, so 6,1,3 (6m, vi).
I agree entirely that in the relative minor key of Am the chord should be spelled 1,b3, 5 (1m, i).

I may be wrong but I have never seen an Am chord listed as 6-1-3. I have always seen it as 1-b3-5 regardless of the key signature.
So in the key of C is the F chord labeled as 4-6-1? Are all chords labeled based on the key signature? I was taught that the chords name was based on the tonics note's scale, i.e. Am is based on the A scale, Daug is based on the D scale, etc.

I'm not trying to be a wise guy. I'm just trying to learn. Maybe there is another way to label chords that I don't know about.

I think my wife has started to show the first signs of dementia.
She said she can't remember what she ever saw in me!

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