Harmonic circles

Now that you have an idea of how to use both notes and chords, you need to learn harmonic circles of chords. After all, these are perhaps the most frequent combinations of chords you will play during a song.

Major circle

It includes major do, minor la, major fa and major sol chords. Transpose from there:

C – Am – F – G
D – Bm – G – A
E – Cm# – A – B
F – Dm – A# – C
G – Em – C – D
A – Fm# – D – E
B – Gm – E – F#

Minor circle

It includes minor la, minor re and major, minor or seventh mi chords. Transpose from there:

Am – Dm – E
Bm – Em – F#
Cm – Fm – G
Dm – Gm – A
Em – Am – B
Fm – Am# – C
Gm – Cm – D

Harmonic circle

The harmonic circle includes the following chords: major do, minor re, minor mi, major fa, major sol, minor la and minor flat fifth ti. This last chord, includes the notes ti, fa# and re#.

C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bmb5
D – Em – Fm# – G – A – Bm – C#mb5
E – Fm# – Gm# – A – B – Cm# – Dmb5
F – Gm – Am – Bb – C – Dm – Emb5
G – Am – Bm – C – D – Em – F#mb5
A – Bm – Cm# – D – E – Fm# – G#mb5
B – Cm# – Dm# – E – F# – Gm# – A#mb5

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