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The harmonic field of D minor 1 flat in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads · natural minor D m i Tonic Diatonic E dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic F III Tonic Diatonic G m iv Subdominant Diatonic A m v Dominant Diatonic B ♭ VI Tonic Diatonic C VII Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i D m D · F · A Tonic ii° E dim E · G · B♭ Subdominant III F F · A · C Tonic iv G m G · B♭ · D Subdominant v A m A · C · E Dominant VI B ♭ B♭ · D · F Tonic VII C C · E · G Dominant
Seventh chords · natural minor D m7 i7 Tonic Diatonic E m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic F maj7 IIImaj7 Tonic Diatonic G m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic A m7 v7 Dominant Diatonic B ♭ maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic C 7 VII7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i7 D m7 D · F · A · C Tonic iiø7 E m7 ♭5 E · G · B♭ · D Subdominant IIImaj7 F maj7 F · A · C · E Tonic iv7 G m7 G · B♭ · D · F Subdominant v7 A m7 A · C · E · G Dominant VImaj7 B ♭ maj7 B♭ · D · F · A Tonic VII7 C 7 C · E · G · B♭ Dominant
Triads · harmonic minor D m i Tonic Diatonic E dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic F aug III+ Tonic Diatonic G m iv Subdominant Diatonic A V Dominant Diatonic B ♭ VI Tonic Diatonic C ♯ dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i D m D · F · A Tonic ii° E dim E · G · B♭ Subdominant III+ F aug F · A · C♯ Tonic iv G m G · B♭ · D Subdominant V A A · C♯ · E Dominant VI B ♭ B♭ · D · F Tonic vii° C ♯ dim C♯ · E · G Dominant
Seventh chords · harmonic minor D m(maj7) imaj7 Tonic Diatonic E m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic F maj7 ♯5 IIImaj7#5 Tonic Diatonic G m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic A 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic B ♭ maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic C ♯ dim7 vii°7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function imaj7 D m(maj7) D · F · A · C♯ Tonic iiø7 E m7 ♭5 E · G · B♭ · D Subdominant IIImaj7#5 F maj7 ♯5 F · A · C♯ · E Tonic iv7 G m7 G · B♭ · D · F Subdominant V7 A 7 A · C♯ · E · G Dominant VImaj7 B ♭ maj7 B♭ · D · F · A Tonic vii°7 C ♯ dim7 C♯ · E · G · B♭ Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from D4. 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 F major Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. D major Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. Dm 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.