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The harmonic field of A minor No accidentals in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads · natural minor A m i Tonic Diatonic B dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic C III Tonic Diatonic D m iv Subdominant Diatonic E m v Dominant Diatonic F VI Tonic Diatonic G VII Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i A m A · C · E Tonic ii° B dim B · D · F Subdominant III C C · E · G Tonic iv D m D · F · A Subdominant v E m E · G · B Dominant VI F F · A · C Tonic VII G G · B · D Dominant
Seventh chords · natural minor A m7 i7 Tonic Diatonic B m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic C maj7 IIImaj7 Tonic Diatonic D m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic E m7 v7 Dominant Diatonic F maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic G 7 VII7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i7 A m7 A · C · E · G Tonic iiø7 B m7 ♭5 B · D · F · A Subdominant IIImaj7 C maj7 C · E · G · B Tonic iv7 D m7 D · F · A · C Subdominant v7 E m7 E · G · B · D Dominant VImaj7 F maj7 F · A · C · E Tonic VII7 G 7 G · B · D · F Dominant
Triads · harmonic minor A m i Tonic Diatonic B dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic C aug III+ Tonic Diatonic D m iv Subdominant Diatonic E V Dominant Diatonic F VI Tonic Diatonic G ♯ dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i A m A · C · E Tonic ii° B dim B · D · F Subdominant III+ C aug C · E · G♯ Tonic iv D m D · F · A Subdominant V E E · G♯ · B Dominant VI F F · A · C Tonic vii° G ♯ dim G♯ · B · D Dominant
Seventh chords · harmonic minor A m(maj7) imaj7 Tonic Diatonic B m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic C maj7 ♯5 IIImaj7#5 Tonic Diatonic D m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic E 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic F maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic G ♯ dim7 vii°7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function imaj7 A m(maj7) A · C · E · G♯ Tonic iiø7 B m7 ♭5 B · D · F · A Subdominant IIImaj7#5 C maj7 ♯5 C · E · G♯ · B Tonic iv7 D m7 D · F · A · C Subdominant V7 E 7 E · G♯ · B · D Dominant VImaj7 F maj7 F · A · C · E Tonic vii°7 G ♯ dim7 G♯ · B · D · F Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from A4. The function is assigned by degree — tonic on I, III and VI; subdominant on II and IV; dominant on V and VII — which is how the harmonic field is taught. Context can change that reading, and the tool reports the degree.
Related keys C major Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. A major Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. Am in the dictionary The tonic triad: notes, staff, keyboard and guitar shapes. Read about Diatonic harmony The chords that arise from stacking thirds on each degree of a scale, and why each quality lands where it does. Harmonic function The role each degree plays — tonic, subdominant, or dominant — and the tension that moves one to the next. Roman numeral analysis The notation that describes a chord by the position it occupies in the key rather than by the note it sits on. Minor key harmony The minor harmonic field, which is not one field: the three minor scales produce different chords on the same degree.