Originally Posted by MarioD
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.

Only in an on-line forum can a chord can be called anything or spelled in any way. In fact any musical concept or relationship can be descibed with any logic or context, no matter how convoluted, as long as someone will post it in a thread. So don't fall for it Mario, this is nonsense out in the real world.

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